中文翻译与英英解释

短语和例子
(pl. brothers-in-law)
1.姐夫，妹夫。
2.内兄，内弟。
3.大伯，小叔。
4.连襟〔广义用法〕。

a brother by marriage

A brother-in-law (plural brothers-in-law) is the brother of one's spouse, the husband of one's sibling, the husband of one's spouse's sibling, and perhaps the brother of one's sibling's spouse.

例句与用法

He is my brother-in-law .
他是我姐夫。

He wondered idly where his brother-in-law was going at the moment .
他漫不经心地在猜测他的姐夫现在要去哪里。

So the real victory was still with his smooth, smug brother-in-law .
所以，真正取得胜利的还是他那八面玲珑自命不凡的内弟。

As her brother-in-law entered, she could hardly be said to show a sign of alarm .
当她妹夫进来时，几乎看不出她惊慌的表现。

She had whisked away mr. rushworth's pink satin cloak with the instinctive caution as her brother-in-law entered .
当她妹夫进来的时候，出于本能的谨慎，她赶紧把罗么渥兹先生的红段子斗篷收起来。

Alone with val after dinner, he sipped port deferentially and answered the advances of his new-found brother-in-law .
晚饭后和法尔单独在一起时，他一面恭顺地呷着彼得酒，一面回答这位新发现的姊夫的亲密表示。

"not at all. there are subjects, my dear, about which a young fellow cannot surely talk to his mamma," insinuated the brother-in-law .
“没有的事。亲爱的，有些事，一个年轻人是肯定不会告诉他妈妈的。”小叔子提醒道。