Word · Frequency #16531
stepmothers
继母
stepmothers is the plural of stepmother.
the wife of your father by a subsequent marriage
- 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.
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。
- 2.
the wife of your father by a subsequent marriage
父亲再婚后的妻子
- 3.
Synonym of co-mother (“the non-birth mother of a child in a lesbian couple”).
(女同性恋伴侣中)非生母的另一方母亲。
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。
In use
My stepmother treats me like her own daughter.
He introduced his stepmother to the whole class.
Some children live with their stepmothers after their parents remarry.
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.
我六岁时她成了我的继母。
a stepmother to sb
可以用 to 引出继母所面对的人，强调与对方的关系。
She has been a loving stepmother to his children.
Connections
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。
Synonyms
- stepmom
- 口语/亲昵中对继母的称呼 · 非正式称谓，多用于日常口语或家庭场合；正式写作中一般用stepmother。
Learner notes
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。
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。
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。
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。
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