stepchild
stepchild — 名詞
- stepchildsingular
- stepchildrenplural
1. A child born to your husband, wife, or partner before you began your relationshi
繼子女
配偶前段婚姻所生的孩子
A child born to your husband, wife, or partner before you began your relationship with them, making you that child's stepparent.
When Sofia's mother married Mr. Chen, Sofia became his stepchild.
Sofia 的母親嫁給陳先生後，Sofia 就成了他的繼子女。
become [someone's] stepchild
The Wong family welcomed their new stepchild with warmth and patience.
Wong 一家以溫暖和耐心迎接他們的新繼子女。
collocation: welcome a stepchild
Ahmed treats his wife's child from her first marriage as his own stepchild.
Ahmed 將妻子前段婚姻所生的孩子視為自己的繼子女來對待。
After the wedding, Mrs. Okonkwo's stepchild came to live with them.
婚禮過後，Okonkwo 太太的繼子女搬來和他們同住。
The teacher noticed that Mei-Lin, a shy stepchild, was struggling to fit in at school.
老師注意到害羞的 Mei-Lin 這個繼子女在學校適應得很辛苦。
- stepson
specifically a male stepchild
- stepdaughter
specifically a female stepchild
- child by marriage
more informal descriptive phrase
- biological child
a child related by blood, not by marriage
- birth child
a child born to a parent, not acquired through marriage
文法句型
[possessive] stepchild
become [someone's] stepchild
用法筆記
The word 'stepchild' does not indicate gender. Use 'stepson' for a male child or 'stepdaughter' for a female child when the gender is known. A step- relationship is created by marriage, not by blood.