stepmother
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++step·moth·er /ˈstepmʌðə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countable] SSFFAMILYa woman who is married to your father but who is not your mother 继母，后母
Examples from the Corpus
stepmother• Jean had come to New York with his father and stepmother, but he and the stepmother had been at daggers drawn.• My future stepmother has a pair on her, no doubt about it.• One of them, Merovech, attempted to outwit his stepmother by marrying Sigibert's widow, Brunhild.• His stepmother told him to hurry up.• Even through the laughter came the whistle of my stepmother.• And that means millions of stepmothers in charge of new families.• They had to explain to their stepmother Rose what Monaghan Day was.step·moth·er nounChineseSyllable
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stepmother
step‧moth‧er /ˈstepmʌðə $ -ər/
noun [countable]
a woman who is married to your father but who is not your mother
▪ mother a female parent: My mother and father are both teachers.
▪mum British English informal, mom American English informal used when talking to your father, or about someone's father: My mum and dad won’t mind if you want to stay the night. | Mom, where’s my sweater?
▪mummy British English, mommy American English a name for mother, which is used especially by young children or when you are talking to young children: Where’s Mummy, Abbie?
▪ma American English old-fashioned used when talking to your mother, or about someone's mother: Ma stirred the soup on the stove.
▪mama old-fashioned used when talking to your mother, or about someone's mother: Mama seldom disagreed with Papa.
▪stepmother (also stepmum British English informal, stepmom American English informal) a woman who is married to your father, who is not your mother but often acts as your parent: the wicked stepmother in fairy stories
step‧moth‧er /ˈstepmʌðə $ -ər/
noun [countable]a woman who is married to your father but who is not your mother
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