| 单词 | brother-law |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbrother-law brother-law n. [shortened < brother-in-law n.; compare earlier father-law n.] = brother-in-law n.; colloquial in later use. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > brother > [noun] > brother-in-law odamOE brothera1375 brother-in-lawa1375 good-brother1487 brother-law?1583 levir1865 ?1583 tr. A. de Bazán Relation Expongnable Attempt & Conquest Tercera sig. C4v Monsiur de chattres..cosin vnto the Duke of Ioyosa, & brother lawe vnto the king of Fraunce. 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads xxiv. 383 Hector, said she, Whom best I lov'd of all my Brother-laws. 1872 T. Hardy Under Greenwood Tree II. v. i. 184 Ye should hear Clerk Wilkins, my brother-law, tell his experiences in marrying couples these last thirty years. 2011 L. B. Pridgeon Blood-stained Victory 205 Aunt Bernice received a phone call that her brother-law had a sudden heartache and died. < as lemmas |
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