brotherhood

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbɹʌðəˌhʊd/|/ˈbɹʌðəˌhɵd/    美 /ˈbɹʌðɚˌhʊd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of being brothers or a brother (also figuratively). countable,uncountable
    — brotherdom
  2. An association of people for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity. countable,uncountable
    — James formed a kind of brotherhood for ex-pats who were working in Valencia.
  3. All the people engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession countable,uncountable
    — the legal brotherhood
  4. People, or (poetically) things, of the same kind. countable,uncountable
    — a brotherhood of venerable trees

词形变化

brotherhoods plural

词汇关系

近义词
fraternity association fellowship sodality brethren brolationship brotherhood brotherness brothership confraternity
反义词
irrelationship non-fraternity
上位词
siblinghood kinship relationship
下位词
stepbrotherhood sisterhood sistership sorority
衍生词
blackhood blood brotherhood brotherhood-in-arms
相关词
sisterhood friendship

词源

From Middle English brotherhod, equivalent to brother + -hood, from earlier brotherhede, alteration (influenced by suffixes in -hood, -head) of Early Middle English brotherrede (“brotherhood, fraternity”), from Old English brōþorrǣden (“brotherhood, fellowship”), equivalent to brother + -red (see brotherred). More at brother, -red. Piecewise doublet of friarhood.
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