stepmother

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈstɛpmʌðə/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A woman who is a subsequent wife or partner of a person's parent, usually following the divorce or separation of their parents, or the death of one's biological mother.; A person or thing likened to a stereotypical stepmother, having cold, cruel, or ungenerous qualities.
  2. A woman who is a subsequent wife or partner of a person's parent, usually following the divorce or separation of their parents, or the death of one's biological mother.; An animal, typically a bird, who raises the offspring of another animal.
  3. Synonym of co-mother (“the non-birth mother of a child in a lesbian couple”).
  4. Clipping of stepmother's blessing. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping
  5. A viola, especially Viola tricolor, heartsease. rare
    — The second came up about ten days later in the lee of the channel marker, and it was called stepmother, or love-in-idelness.

词形变化

stepmothers plural step-mother alternative

词汇关系

近义词
mother-in-law stepdame stepma stepmam stepmama stepmamma stepmom stepmomma stepmommy stepmum stepmummy
衍生词
ex-stepmother stepmotherhood stepmotherless stepmotherly
相关词
ex-stepfather ex-stepparent stepbrother stepchild stepdaughter stepmother-in-law stepfamily stepfather stepparent stepsibling stepsister stepson

词源

From Middle English stepmoder, from Old English stēopmōdor, from Proto-Germanic *steupamōdēr (“stepmother”), corresponding to step- + mother. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stäifmuur (“stepmother”), Dutch stiefmoeder (“stepmother”), German Low German Steevmoder (“stepmother”), German Stiefmutter (“stepmother”), Danish stedmor (“stepmother”), Swedish styvmor (“stepmother”), Icelandic stjúpmóðir (“stepmother”). Compare also West Frisian styfmem (“stepmother”).
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