| 单词 | sister |
| 释义 | sister (sɪstəʳ ) Word forms: sisters 1. countable noun [oft poss NOUN] A1 Your sister is a girl or woman who has the same parents as you. His sister Sarah helped him. ...Vanessa Bell, the sister of Virginia Woolf. [+ of] I didn't know you had a sister. 2. See also half-sister, stepsister 3. countable noun & title noun Sister is a title given to a woman who belongs to a religious community. Sister Francesca entered the chapel. ...the Hospice of the Sisters of Charity at Lourdes. [+ of] 4. countable noun & title noun A sister is a senior female nurse who supervises part of a hospital. [British] Ask to speak to the sister on the ward. Sister Middleton followed the coffee trolley. 5. countable noun [usually poss NOUN] You can describe a woman as your sister if you feel a connection with her, for example because she belongs to the same race, religion, country, or profession. Modern woman has been freed from many of the duties that befell her sisters in times past. ...our Jewish brothers and sisters. Synonyms: fellow woman, colleague, associate, comrade 6. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] You can use sister to describe something that is of the same type or is connected in some way to another thing you have mentioned. For example, if a company has a sister company, they are connected. ...the International Monetary Fund and its sister organisation, the World Bank. ...Voyager 2 and its sister ship, Voyager 1. Synonyms: affiliated, allied, associated, joined Collocations: sorority sisters Friends from high school, long-lost sorority sisters, distant cousins, all seemed to find my e-mail address - or found someone who knew my e-mail address - and reached out to me. Times, Sunday Times Moments later, the sorority sisters arrive and offer them each a bid to join the sorority. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The video also showed her badmouthing her sorority sisters, and her past dorky self. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 My boyfriend had turned into my twin sister. The Sun With the same fringe, pink lipstick and lace tights, her boyfriend looked like her twin sister. The Sun She has an older brother and a twin sister. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He has a brother, five years older, and a twin sister, five minutes older. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The family was to be further devastated by the death in 1909 of the remaining twin sister. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One girlfriend confides that when her relationship got serious, her older, unmarried sister suffered terrifying nightmares. Times, Sunday Times When he was about 18 years old, his parents died and left him with the care of his unmarried sister. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His ailing father and unmarried sister lived there in abject poverty citation needed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Her unmarried sisters received a pension of 50,000 pounds a year and got their weddings, each of them still 50,000 dowry. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, she has a problem with their marriage since she has two elder unmarried sisters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 姐妹 older sister Japanese: 姉妹 |
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