brotherhood
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++broth·er·hood /ˈbrʌðəhʊd $ -ər-/ noun 1 [uncountable]FRIENDLY a feeling of friendship between people 〔人与人之间的〕友爱，手足情 the spirit of brotherhood 互爱精神2 [countable]RELIGION an organization formed for a particular purpose, especially a religious one 〔尤指宗教的〕兄弟会 the Franciscan brotherhood 方济各会3. [countable]BEL old-fashioned a union of workers in a particular trade 同业工会4. [uncountable]FAMILY the relationship between brothers 兄弟关系Examples from the Corpus
brotherhood• All we want for our countries is peace and brotherhood.• For Thoreau the path to fulfillment must bypass human brotherhood or communication.• Some things help us to maintain our brotherhood, and sisterhood, under the skin.• Thus the undaunted attitude of that brotherhood of the bike, the Cyclists' Touring Association.• The dinner they gave him ranks among the epic brawls which regularly give the brotherhood of socialist solidarity a bad name.• The brotherhood of man did not end with the immediate family of siblings at which it began.• The mortgage department became a white brotherhood apart.broth·er·hood nounChineseSyllable
friendship Corpus feeling of people a between
brotherhood
broth‧er‧hood /ˈbrʌðəhʊd $ -ər-/
noun1. [uncountable] a feeling of friendship between people:
the spirit of brotherhood
2. [countable] an organization formed for a particular purpose, especially a religious one:
the Franciscan brotherhood
3. [countable] old-fashioned a union of workers in a particular trade
4. [uncountable] the relationship between brothers
broth‧er‧hood /ˈbrʌðəhʊd $ -ər-/
noun1. [uncountable] a feeling of friendship between people: 2. [countable] an organization formed for a particular purpose, especially a religious one:
3. [countable] old-fashioned a union of workers in a particular trade
4. [uncountable] the relationship between brothers