sister

sis·ter

S0436500 (sĭs′tər)n.1. A female having the same parents as another or one parent in common with another.2. A girl or woman who shares a common ancestry, allegiance, character, or purpose with another or others, specifically:a. A kinswoman.b. A woman fellow member, as of a sorority.c. A fellow woman.d. A close woman friend or companion.e. A fellow African-American woman or girl.f. A woman who advocates, fosters, or takes part in the feminist movement.3. Informal Used as a form of address for a woman or girl.4. Abbr. Sr. Ecclesiastical a. A member of a religious order of women; a nun.b. Used as a form of address for such a woman, alone or followed by the woman's name.5. Chiefly British A nurse, especially the head nurse in a ward.6. One identified as female and closely related to another: "the sisters Death and Night" (Walt Whitman).7. Architecture A beam or other structural member affixed to another as a supplementary support.adj.1. Related by or as if by sisterhood; closely related: sister ships; sister cities.2. Genetics Of or being one of an identical, related, or homologous pair: sister chromatids.tr.v. sis·tered, sis·ter·ing, sis·ters Architecture To affix a beam or other structural member to (another) as a supplementary support.

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[Middle English, partially from Old Norse systir and partly from Old English sweostor; see swesor- in Indo-European roots.]

sister

(ˈsɪstə) n1. a female person having the same parents as another person2. See half-sister, stepsister3. a female person who belongs to the same group, trade union, etc, as another or others4. informal a form of address to a woman or girl, used esp by Black people in the US5. (Medicine) a senior nurse6. (Ecclesiastical Terms) chiefly RC Church a nun or a title given to a nun7. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a woman fellow member of a Church or religious body8. (modifier) belonging to the same class, fleet, etc, as another or others: a sister ship. 9. (Biology) (modifier) biology denoting any of the cells or cell components formed by division of a parent cell or cell component: sister nuclei. [Old English sweostor; related to Old Norse systir, Old High German swester, Gothic swistar]

sis•ter

(ˈsɪs tər)

n. 1. a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling. 2. half sister. 3. stepsister. 4. a sister-in-law. 5. a woman or girl numbered in the same kinship group, nationality, race, church membership, society, etc., as another. 6. a thing regarded as female and associated as if by kinship with something else: The ships are sisters. 7. a. a woman member of a religious order whose vows are not as absolute as a nun's. b. (used as a title for a sister or a nun.) 8. Brit. a nurse in charge of a hospital ward; head nurse. 9. a form of address used to a woman or girl, esp. jocularly or contemptuously. adj. 10. being or considered a sister; related by or as if by sisterhood. 11. being in close relationship with another: our sister city across the river. 12. being one of an identical pair. [before 900; < Old Norse systir, c. Old English sweoster, Old Frisian, Old High German swester, Gothic swistar; akin to Latin soror (<*swesor), Old Irish siur, Skt svasar sister, Greek éor daughter, niece] sis′ter•less, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sister - a female person who has the same parents as another person; "my sister married a musician"sisbig sister - an older sisterfemale sibling - a person's sisterlittle sister - a younger sisterhalf sister, half-sister, stepsister - a sister who has only one parent in common with youblood brother, brother - a male with the same parents as someone else; "my brother still lives with our parents"
	2.	Sister - (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address); "the Sisters taught her to love God"sisterhood - a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns)Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchynun - a woman religious
	3.	sister - a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group; "none of her sisters would betray her"sorority - a social club for female undergraduatesfellow member, member - one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family"Beguine - (Roman Catholic Church) a member of a lay sisterhood (one of several founded in the Netherlands in the 12th and 13th centuries); though not taking religious vows the sisters followed an austere life
	4.	sister - (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young womenbabe, babyjargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman - a young woman; "a young lady of 18"

sister

noun1. sibling, relation, relative, kin, kinswoman The two sisters look nothing like one another.2. fellow woman, colleague, associate, comrade, compatriot Modern woman has been freed from many of the duties that befell her sisters in times past.adjective1. affiliated, allied, associated, joined, linked, connected, incorporated, confederated, federated a sister organization

Translations

姐妹姐妹...护士长基督教的女会员女同事们或女会友们

sister

(ˈsistə) noun1. the title given to a female child to describe her relationship to the other children of her parents. She's my sister; my father's sister. 姐妹 姐妹2. a type of senior nurse. She's a sister on Ward 5. 護士長 护士长3. a female member of a religious group. 宗教團體的女性成員 （基督教）的女会员 4. a female fellow member of any group. We must fight for equal opportunities, sisters! 任何團體的女性同儕 女同事们或女会友们 adjective closely similar in design, function etc. sister ships. (設計、功能等近似的)姐妹... （设计、功能等类似的东西）姐妹... ˈsister-in-law – plural ˈsisters-in-law – noun1. the sister of one's husband or wife. 丈夫或妻子的姊姊或妹妹(大姑，小姑，大姨子，小姨子) 夫或妻的姊妹（小姑子、大姑姐、小姨子、大姨姐） 2. the wife of one's brother. 哥哥或弟弟的妻子(嫂子，弟媳) 哥哥或弟弟的妻子（嫂子、弟媳）

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