英 ['br?(r)] 美 [?br?]
n. 兄弟；同事，同胞；同志
int. （表示生气或吃惊）我的老兄！
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兄弟； 弟弟； 哥哥； 教友 复数：brothers
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The old-fashioned form brethren is still sometimes used as the plural for meanings 2 and 3. brethren为旧时写法，有时仍用作义项2和3的复数。
1. N-COUNT 可数名词See also: half-brother; stepbrother; （同父母的）兄，弟 Your brother is a boy or a man who has the same parents as you. 搭配模式：oft poss NOh, so you're Peter's younger brother...
哦，那么你是彼得的弟弟。
Have you got any brothers and sisters?
你有兄弟姐妹吗？
2. N-COUNT 可数名词兄弟；同胞；教友；国人；同行；同志 You can describe a man as your brother if he belongs to the same race, religion, country, profession, or trade union as you, or if he has similar ideas to you. 搭配模式：usu poss NHe told reporters he'd come to be with his Latvian brothers.
他告诉记者他是来支持拉脱维亚同胞的。
...the Cardinal and his brother bishops.
红衣主教和他的主教们
3. N-TITLE; N-COUNT; N-VOC 头衔名词；可数名词；称呼名词教徒，修士，僧侣（用于头衔） Brother is a title given to a man who belongs to a religious community such as a monastery.