bro

名词 n.
/ˈbɹəʊ̯/|[ˈbɹʷəʊ̯]|/ˈbɹɵʊ̯/|[ˈbɹʷɵʊ̯]    /ˈbɹəʉ̯/|[ˈbɹʷəʉ̯]|/ˈbɹɐʉ̯/|[ˈbɹʷɐ̝ʉ̯]|/ˈbɹoʊ̯/|[ˈbɹʷoʊ̯]|/ˈbɹɔʊ̯/|[ˈbɹʷɔ̝ʊ̯]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Brother (a male sibling). slang
    — My mom took my lil' bro to soccer practice now and she wanted me to pick him up.
  2. Brother (a comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals). slang
    — Bro, you good? You've been lookin' kinda out of it lately.
  3. Brother, my man, good sir; a friendly term of address for typically men. slang
    — Near-synonym: man
  4. A frat boy or someone who espouses the fraternity bro culture. slang
  5. Someone, usually male, who aggressively evangelizes a person, concept or technology. derogatory,in-compounds,slang,usually
    — Pfeiffer's partners at Pod Save America — the audio outpost of the resistance that had made a collection of Obama Bros niche superstars, had invested as producers in a documentary about the Senate run.

词形变化

bros plural bra alternative brah alternative

词源

PIE word
*bʰréh₂tēr
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr
Proto-Germanic *brōþēr
Proto-West Germanic *brōþer
Old English brōþor
Middle English brother
English brotherclip.
English bro
Spelling pronunciation and clipping of brother. (Contrast bruh, which is a clipping of the pronunciation of brother rather than the spelling.) Compare Swedish bror.
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