单词	half-sister
释义	half-sisterˈhalf-ˌsister ●●○ noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Apart from his brother, he had one sister, one half-brother, and two half-sisters. Mitchell rented it from the half-sister of the owner, a schoolteacher gone to Toronto with her three chil-dren. Mrs Aitken, meet Shiona Fergusson, Kirsty's half-sister. Mrs Grant invites her younger half-sister Mary Crawford to live with her at the parsonage. The bees, they found, were more aggressive towards half-sisters. The more substantial is that the justices directed that T.'s contact with her older half-sister should be supervised. Tut, meanwhile, married his half-sister, Ankhesenamen. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorpeople who are related to you because of marriage► mother-in-law/son-in-law etc someone who is related to you because of a marriage, for example, your mother-in-law is the mother of your wife or husband, and your sister-in-law is the sister of your wife or husband, or the wife of your brother: · Surprisingly, my mother-in-law and I get along very well.· My sister and brother-in-law are coming to visit next week. ► stepmother/stepson/stepsister etc someone who becomes your mother, sister, son etc when you or a person you are related to marries for a second time: · After my mother got remarried, it took a while to get used to having a stepfather.· She has two sisters and a stepbrother. ► half-brother/half-sister someone who is the child of one of your parents but not both of them: · Alyssa has a half-brother she's never met because her parents don't speak to each other any more. ► by marriage if you are related to someone by marriage , they are married to someone in your family or you are married to someone in their family: · John's my cousin by marriage. ► in-laws informal the parents of your husband or wife: · We lived with my in-laws until we had enough money to buy a house of our own. WORD SETS► Family baby, nounbarrier method, nounbetrothal, nounboy, nounBr., branch, nouncontraception, nouncousin, noundescendant, noundescent, noundistant, adjectivedivorce, noundivorce, verbdivorced, adjectivedivorcée, noundomestic, adjectivedowry, noundynasty, nounex, nounextended family, nounfamilial, adjectivefamily man, nounfamily planning, nounfamily tree, nounfather, nounfather-in-law, nounfiancé, nounfiancée, nounfilial, adjectivefirst cousin, noungodchild, noungoddaughter, noungrandad, noungrandaddy, noungrandchild, noungranddad, noungranddaddy, noungranddaughter, noungrandfather, noungrandma, noungrandmother, noungrandpa, noungrandparent, noungrandson, noungranny, nounhalf-brother, nounhalf-sister, nounhereditary, adjectivehouse husband, nounin-laws, nounintermarry, verbmaiden aunt, nounmaid of honour, nounmam, nounmama, nounmamma, nounmammy, nounman, nounmarital, adjectivematrimony, nounmiscegenation, nounmixed marriage, nounmonogamy, nounnuclear family, nounoedipal, adjectiveOedipus complex, nounone-parent family, nounparent, nounparentage, nounparental, adjectiveparenthood, nounparenting, nounpaternity, nounpaternity suit, nounpatriarch, nounpatriarchy, nounpedigree, nounpolygamy, nounpropinquity, nounproposal, nounrelative, nounscion, nounseparate, verbseparated, adjectiveseparation, nounsibling, nounsingle parent, nounsister, nounsister-in-law, nounstepbrother, nounstepchild, nounstepdaughter, nounstepfather, nounstepmother, nounstepsister, nounstepson, noununcle, noununion, noununmarried, adjectiveupbringing, nounwedding, nounwedlock, nounwhite wedding, nounwidow, nounwidower, nounwidowhood, noun a sister who is the daughter of only one of your parents → half-brother
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