brother-in-law
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈbrother-in-law ●●○ noun (plural brothers-in-law) [countable] 1. FAMILYthe brother of your husband or wife 内兄；内弟；大伯；小叔2. FAMILYthe husband of your sister 姐夫；妹夫3. FAMILYthe husband of your husband or wife’s sister 配偶的姐夫[妹夫]；连襟 → sister-in-law
Examples from the Corpus
brother-in-law• Not for nothing have I a brother-in-law who cooks professionally.• She's needed to look after her sister and brother-in-law.• She took up the pastime after impressing friends and family when she made an engagement cake for her brother-in-law.• He turned over my brother-in-law, you know.• My brother-in-law began setting up our platform, and I made the mistake of telling him to get a move on.• Military resistance was organized by Sidonius's brother-in-law, Ecdicius, son of the emperor Avitus.• He was the brother-in-law of some one she knew.ˈbrother-in-law nounChineseSyllable
husband your the wife or of brother Corpus
brother-in-law
ˈbrother-in-law
noun (plural brothers-in-law) [countable]
1. the brother of your husband or wife
2. the husband of your sister
3. the husband of your husband or wife’s sister
⇨ sister-in-law
ˈbrother-in-law
noun (plural brothers-in-law) [countable]1. the brother of your husband or wife
2. the husband of your sister
3. the husband of your husband or wife’s sister
⇨ sister-in-law