stepmother

stepmother — noun

1. a woman who has married a person's father and lives with the family, without bei

1.名詞B2
釋義

a woman who has married a person's father and lives with the family, without being that person's biological mother

例句

Tariro's stepmother helped her with homework every evening after school.

possessive + stepmother (Tariro's stepmother)

Bilal grew close to his stepmother after his father remarried when he was nine.

同義詞
  • stepmom

    informal, used mainly in American English

  • stepmum

    informal, used mainly in British English

  • father's wife

    a descriptive phrase rather than a fixed term; less personal than 'stepmother'

反義詞

用法筆記

Typically used with a possessive determiner (my, his, her, their) or a noun in possessive form (e.g., Tariro's stepmother). In fairy tales the 'wicked stepmother' is a common character, but in modern usage the term is a neutral family descriptor.

常見錯誤

❌My step mother lives next door.
✅My stepmother lives next door.
💡'stepmother' is one word, not two.
❌My stepmother is my mother's new husband.
✅My stepmother is my father's new wife.
💡'stepmother' is the wife of one's father, not the spouse of one's mother.