stepmother
英['stepm?e?]
美['st?pm?e?]
- n. 繼母，后母
詞態變化
復數:?stepmothers;
英文詞源
- stepmother (n.)
- also step-mother, Old English steopmodor; see step- + mother (n.1). Associated with parsimony and cruelty at least since Middle English.
Is Moder was ded, his fader nam an otur wijf. ... seint Edward heo louede luyte, for stepmoder is selde guod. ["South English Legendary," c. 1300]
雙語例句
- 1. Immediately after my father's death my stepmother was prostrate.
- 我父親死后，我的繼母一下就垮了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. My stepmother was in her element, organizing everything.
- 我的繼母得心應手地料理著一切。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She feared losing her inheritance to her stepmother.
- 她擔心她繼承的遺產會被繼母奪走。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. When she married Tom, she became stepmother to his child.
- 她和湯姆結婚后, 她成了他的孩子的繼母.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. She harboured resentment against her stepmother.
- 她對繼母懷有怨恨.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》