Word · Frequency #16531
stepmother
继母
核心释义
the wife of your father by a subsequent marriage
- 1.
父母离婚或分居后,或生母去世后,父方再婚或再同居的女性伴侣。
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.
- 2.
父亲再婚后的妻子
the wife of your father by a subsequent marriage
- 3.
(女同性恋伴侣中)非生母的另一方母亲。
Synonym of co-mother (“the non-birth mother of a child in a lesbian couple”).
父母离婚或分居后,或生母去世后,父方再婚或再同居的女性伴侣。；父亲再婚后的妻子；(女同性恋伴侣中)非生母的另一方母亲。
用法In use
My stepmother treats me like her own daughter.
用法提示：stepmother 为名词，指父亲的再婚妻子，即继母。
He introduced his stepmother to the whole class.
用法提示：此句中 stepmother 为名词，作 introduced 的宾语。
Some children live with their stepmothers after their parents remarry.
用法提示：stepmothers 是名词复数形式，泛指继母。
sb's stepmother
stepmother 指父亲再婚的妻子，与 mother-in-law（岳母/婆婆）不同。
Her stepmother is a doctor.
她的继母是一名医生。
become sb's stepmother
become 后接名词，表示成为某人的继母。
She became my stepmother when I was six.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- wicked stepmother
- 恶毒的继母
- The fairy tale begins with a wicked stepmother who is jealous of her stepdaughter.这个童话的开头是一个嫉妒继女的恶毒继母。
- become a stepmother
- 成为继母；当继母
- She became a stepmother to two children when she married their father.她嫁给了两个孩子的父亲，成为了他们的继母。
- stepmother figure
- 继母般的人物
- After her father remarried, her kind neighbor became a stepmother figure to her.她父亲再婚后，那位好心的邻居成了她继母般的人物。
- loving stepmother
- 慈爱的继母
- She is a loving stepmother to her husband's children.她是丈夫孩子们慈爱的继母。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
step是“步”，父亲再婚“步入”新婚姻，带来的这位母亲就是继母。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常家庭交谈、正式表格或法律文书、文学叙述 “stepmother”是中性词，通常用于日常交谈，也可用于正式表格或书面叙述，没有明显的正式或非正式色彩。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
重音在 step- 上，因此严格说 stepmother 与 mother、brother 等并不整词押韵；但它们的词尾 -mother 拼写和读音相同。拼写相似的 grandmother、stepfather 重音也在前一部分，读音与 stepmother 不同。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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