stepdame
/step-deym/US // ˈstɛpˌdeɪm //UK // (ˈstɛpˌdeɪm) //
阶下囚,阶梯教室,阶梯式,阶级斗争
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Archaic.
- : a stepmother.
Examples
The young brood (twelve in number) came into the world at the usual period, but one only continued with her stepdame.
Insomuch as it is hard to judge, whether in so doing she hath done the part of a kind mother, or a hard and cruell stepdame.
I haue a stepdame I warrant you, and myne husbandes mother euen such another.
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