stepfather
gb/stˈɛpfˌɑðɚ/ us/stˈɛpfˌɑðɚ/
A2
英语
义项
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名词
A2
role
1
mother’s husband, not your father
Your stepfather is your mother’s husband (but he is not your biological father).
用法模式：
[someone]’s stepfather
常见错误：
Learners sometimes confuse stepfather with foster father (a caregiver arranged by authorities) or adoptive father (a legal parent through adoption).
近义词
stepdad (Informal and more personal-sounding than stepfather.)
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mother’s husband (A descriptive phrase; may not imply the family relationship as strongly as stepfather.)
反义词
biological father (The man who is someone’s father by birth, not through remarriage/partnership.)
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father (General term; often implies the biological or adoptive parent rather than a step-parent.)
搭配
my stepfather
|her stepfather
|his stepfather
|meet my stepfather
|live with my stepfather
|get along with your stepfather
|relationship with my stepfather
|my stepfather remarried
|stepfather and stepchild
|my stepfather’s kids
主题
family
|relationships
|daily_life
例句
- After his mom remarried, Tom got a stepfather.
- My stepfather helped me move into my new apartment.
- She has a close relationship with her stepfather now.
学习者例句
- My stepfather is very kind.
- I live with my mother and my stepfather.
语法
词典原形
stepfather
IPA
GB/stˈɛpfˌɑðɚ/
US/stˈɛpfˌɑðɚ/
音节与重音
step - fath - er （3 个音节）
Stress on 1st syllable (step)
词形变化
Noun
- Base: stepfather
- Plural: stepfathers
相关表达
stepfather figure
1/stˈɛpfˌɑðɚ fˈɪɡjɚ/
fixed phrase
man who acts like a stepfather
A man who behaves like a stepfather.
例句
- His coach became a stepfather figure after his mom started dating him.
- She says her uncle was a stepfather figure when she was growing up.
stepfather of [something]
1/stˈɛpfˌɑðɚ əv sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
literary
important predecessor, not the founder
Someone who strongly influenced something, but didn’t start it.
例句
- In the article, he’s called the stepfather of modern ambient music.
- She was jokingly described as the stepfather of the project because she took over after it began.