brother
US: /ˈbɹəðɝ/
UK: /bɹˈʌðɐ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
brother /'brʌðə/- danh từ, số nhiều brothers/'brʌðəs/, brethren/'breðrin/
- anh; em trai
- brother uterine: anh (em) khác cha (cùng mẹ)
- (số nhiều (thường) brethren) bạn cùng nghề, bạn đồng sự, bạn đồng ngũ
- in arms: bạn chiến đấu
- brother of the brush: bạn hoạ sĩ
- brother of the quill: bạn viết văn
- (số nhiều brethren) (tôn giáo) thầy dòng cùng môn phái
- anh; em trai
Advanced English dictionary
noun, exclamation+ noun
in family
1 a boy or man who has the same mother and father as another person: We're brothers. + He's my brother. + an older / younger brother + a twin brother + Does she have any brothers and sisters? + Edward was the youngest of the Kennedy brothers. + He was like a brother to me (= very close).
See also -
other men
2 (plural brothers or old-fashioned brethren) used for talking to or talking about other male members of an organization or other men who have the same ideas, purpose, etc. as yourself: We must work together, brothers! + We are all brothers in the fight against injustice. + He was greatly respected by his brother officers. + We must support our weaker brethren.
in religious group
3 (also Brother) (plural brethren or brothers) a male member of a religious group, especially a MONK: Brother Luke + The Brethren meet regularly for prayer.
form of address
4 (AmE, informal) used by black people as a form of address for a black man
at college / university
5 (in the US) a member of a FRATERNITY (= a club for a group of male students at a college or university)
+ exclamation (old-fashioned, especially AmE) used to express the fact that you are annoyed or surprised: Oh brother!
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
sibling; relation, relative, kin, kinsman; fellow, fellow-man, fellow-clansman, fellow-citizen, fellow-countryman, fellow-creature; associate, colleague, confrère, companion, Colloq pal, chum, Brit and Australian mate, US buddy:
Some day, perhaps all men will regard each other as brothers.
Collocation
ADJ.
big, elder, older
Bill idolizes his big brother, who is a professional footballer.
| baby, kid, little, small, wee, younger | twin | full
(= sharing both parents)
| half-
(= sharing one parent),
step-
(also
stepbrother
) (= the son from an earlier marriage of your stepfather or stepmother)
| beloved, much-loved
She wrote daily to her beloved brother, Leo.
| long-lost
His old teacher greeted him like a long-lost brother.
| dead, deceased, late
He married the wife of his late brother.
| bachelor, unmarried
PHRASES
blood brothers
(= close friends who have sworn to remain friends for life),
brother and sister
Have you got any brothers and sisters?
| like brothers
The boys are so close, they're like brothers.
Concise dictionary
brethren|brothers'brʌðənoun
+a male with the same parents as someone else
+a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion of other group)
+a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
+used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement
+(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address
