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brethren

/breth-rin/US // ˈbrɛð rɪn //UK // (ˈbrɛðrɪn) //

弟兄们,教友们,兄弟们,哥们儿

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Definitions

n.名词(复数) plural noun
  1. 1
    • : fellow members.
    • : Archaic. brothers.

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Examples

  • It was an open secret, and one that discomfited several of his brethren.

  • Now, he's out to prove that redheads are just as desirable as their neutral-hued brethren.

  • He is now sure to become a folk hero among his brethren on high steel.

  • Cursed be Canaan;
 A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

  • And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

  • Brethren are a help in the time of trouble, but mercy shall deliver more than they.

  • Without embarking on another endless yarn let me note the fact that there are two schools amongst our brethren afloat.

  • One or two priests of that order live in the hospital, and two others, lay brethren, act as nurses.

  • It has two hundred brethren, and every year twelve of these are chosen, who are called “brethren of the bureau of accounts.”

  • And I will cast you away from before my face, as I have cast away all your brethren, the whole seed of Ephraim.