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nephew 音标拼音: [n'ɛfju] n. 侄子,外甥 侄子,外甥 nephew n 1: a son of your brother or sister [ ant: { niece}] Nephew \ Neph" ew\ ( n[ e^] f"[- u]; in England n[ e^] v"[- u]; 277), n. [ OE. neveu, nevou, nevu, fr. F. neveu, OF. also, nevou, L. nepos; akin to AS. nefa, D. neef, G. neffe, OHG. nevo, Icel. nefi a kinsman, Gr. ne` podes, pl., brood, young, Skr. nep[= a] t grandson, descendant. [ root] 262. Cf. { Niece}, { Nepotism}.] 1. A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] But if any widow have children or nephews [ Rev. Ver. { grandchildren}]. -- 1 Tim. v. 4. [ 1913 Webster] If naturalists say true that nephews are often liker to their grandfathers than to their fathers. -- Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A cousin. [ Obs.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. The son of a brother or a sister, or of a brother- in- law or sister- in- law. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 43 Moby Thesaurus words for " nephew": aunt, auntie, blood brother, brethren, brother, bub, bubba, bud, buddy, country cousin, cousin, cousin once removed, cousin twice removed, daughter, father, first cousin, foster brother, frater, grandnephew, grandniece, granduncle, great- aunt, great- uncle, half brother, kid brother, mother, niece, nuncle, nunks, nunky, second cousin, sis, sissy, sister, sister- german, sistern, son, stepbrother, stepsister, unc, uncle, uncs, uterine brother |
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