| 词汇 | stepmother |
| 释义 | stepmother noun[ C ] uk /ˈstepˌmʌð.ər/ us /ˈstepˌmʌð.ɚ/ B2 the woman who is married to someone's biological (= related by birth) parent but who is not their biological mother继母 your parents parentMy parents died when I was young. biological parentSome children are raised by grandparents or other family members, instead of their biological parents. adoptive parentWhen he was 7 months old, his mother gave him up to his adoptive parents. motherHave you met my mother? fatherMy father fully supports my life choices. mumUKMy mum and dad go there every year. Family: non-blood relations auntie blended family brother-in-law co-brother co-sister goddaughter godfather godmother godparent godson nonbiologically sister-in-law son-in-law step step kid stepfamily stepfather stepmum stepparent stepsister stepmother | American Dictionarystepmother noun[ C ] us/ˈstepˌmʌð·ər/ a woman who is married to the father of a child but is not the biological mother Examples of stepmotherstepmother While he owed his stepmother respect, because of her parental position, he was not her blood relation. In this story an evil stepmother turns her husband against his only son. In addition, six stepmothers and 95 stepfathers participated, bringing the total number of individuals assessed to 5,471. The all-girl environment and stern instructors contrasted with her home life, which featured a doting father and a distant stepmother. Some interviewees reported that stepmothers who resented them had treated them badly. His father, stepmother, and brothers were devastated by his drastic change of condition and feared for his life. She was now no longer the wicked stepmother but someone else. She could not get on with her stepmother and was not welcome in her father's house. The tale also associates domestic discord and greed with women, from the stepmother (another interfering second wife) to the eldest sister ghost. In a quarter of families a step-parent was present, usually a stepmother. Against this, their stepmother argued that the will did not include any conditions of the sort the daughters referred to and that it was formally correct. Lincoln, though, never adopted his father and stepmother's beliefs. My late father and my stepmother were responsible for setting up this charity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I thought he was saying that in the case of a stepmother she should have equal rights with the true father of the children. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope it is not the wicked stepmother now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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