| 单词 | sister in arms |
| 释义 | > as lemmassister in (also at) arms sister in (also at) arms n. any woman considered in relation to another or others, as fighting on the same side or for the same cause (chiefly figurative); cf. brother in arms at brother n. and int. Phrases 1. ΚΠ 1831 Hazard's Reg. Pennsylvania 12 Nov. 310/1 The wise providence of her sisters in arms..did not permit them to be frigid upon the subject of their own reputations. 1928 North-China Herald 14 Apr. 87/2 The stay-at-home imagines she would be happier like her sister-at-arms in the big world. 1976 J. Crosby Nightfall xxxii. 191 Elf was her revolutionary sister-in-arms. 2014 H. R. Clinton Hard Choices i. 5 For this day at least, we were still sisters in arms, looking forward to better days ahead. < as lemmas |
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