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单词 half-brother
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Word forms: plural half-brothers
countable noun
Someone's half-brother is a boy or man who has either the same mother or the same father as they have.

half-brother in British English

noun
the son of either of one's parents by another partner

half brother in American English

a brother through one parent only

Examples of 'half-brother' in a sentence
half-brother

A regular series of birthday and holy day letters from her much older half brother, the present roya, Orico.
Lois McMaster Bujold THE CURSE OF CHALION (2001)
She did the best she could all the time for me and my older half-brother.
The Sun (2009)
Our son had to move in with his half-brother so the older one could have his room.
The Sun (2011)
Anxious to provide for the future of his family he ensured that his younger, blind half-brother would succeed to his place and salary.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)

In other languages
half-brother

British English: half-brother NOUN
Someone's half-brother is a boy or man who has either the same mother or the same father as they have.
  • American English: half brother
  • Brazilian Portuguese: meio-irmão
  • Chinese: 同父异母或同母异父的兄弟
  • European Spanish: hermanastro
  • French: demi-frère
  • German: Halbbruder
  • Italian: fratellastro
  • Japanese: 異母兄弟{or} 異父兄弟
  • Korean: 배다른 형제
  • European Portuguese: meio-irmão
  • Latin American Spanish: hermanastro

Chinese translation of 'half-brother'

half-brother

(ˈhɑːfbrʌðəʳ)

n (c)

  1. (same mother, different father) 同母异(異)父的兄弟 (tóng mǔ yì fù de xiōngdì) (个(個), gè)
  2. (same father, different mother) 同父异(異)母的兄弟 (tóng fù yì mǔ de xiōngdì) (个(個), gè)
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