fraternal
/frəˈtɜːnəl/adjective
1
- of or like a brother or brothers兄弟的; 兄弟般的:
his lack of fraternal feeling shocked me.
他如此不讲兄弟情谊使我震惊。
1.1
- of or denoting an organization or order for people, especially men, that have common interests or beliefs兄弟会的; 协会的。
2
- (of twins) developed from separate ova and therefore genetically distinct and not necessarily of the same sex or more similar than other siblings(双胞胎)异卵双生的。比较IDENTICAL(义项1)。
派生词
fraternalism
nounfraternally
adverb词源
late Middle English: from medieval Latin fraternalis, from Latin fraternus, from frater 'brother'.