confrere
英 ['kɒnfreə]
美['kɑnfrɛr]
- n. 同事；同行；社员
英英释义
- 1. a person who is member of your class or profession;
- "the surgeon consulted his colleagues"
- "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers"
英文词源
- confrere (n.)
- early 15c., from Old French confrere "brother, companion" (13c.), from Medieval Latin confrater, from com- "together, with" (see com-) + frater "brother" (see brother). Probably lost in later 17c. and reborrowed 19c. from Modern French confrère.