step-sibling
step-sibling — 名詞
1. A person who becomes your brother or sister when one of your parents marries a p
繼兄弟姊妹
父母再婚形成的非血親兄弟姊妹
A person who becomes your brother or sister when one of your parents marries a person who already has children — you and that person are not related by blood.
After his mother remarried, Theo gained two step-siblings, Mei and Jun.
Theo 的母親再婚後,他多了兩位繼兄弟姊妹——Mei 和 Jun。
gain + step-sibling after a parent remarries
The Watanabe family holiday included both biological and step-siblings.
Watanabe 一家的假期聚會包括了親生與繼兄弟姊妹。
Arjun shared a room with his step-sibling Deepa at university.
Arjun 在大學時期與繼姐妹 Deepa 同住一間宿舍。
When Amara's father married Mrs. Chen, she suddenly had three step-siblings.
Amara 的父親與陳女士結婚後,她一下子多了三位繼兄弟姊妹。
Sofia treats her step-siblings exactly the same as her blood-related brothers.
Sofia 對待繼兄弟姊妹的方式,跟對待親生兄弟一模一樣。
- stepbrother
specific masculine form of step-sibling
- stepsister
specific feminine form of step-sibling
- blood sibling
a sibling related by birth rather than through marriage
- biological sibling
a full or half sibling who shares at least one biological parent
用法筆記
Step-sibling is a gender-neutral term covering both stepbrothers and stepsisters. It is less commonly used in everyday speech than the specific forms stepbrother and stepsister, but it is useful when the gender is unknown or when referring to a mixed group.