sister
英 [ˈsɪstə(r)]
美 [ˈsɪstər]
n. 姐; 妹; (称志同道合者)姐妹; 护士长
复数:sisters
Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.1049 / COCA.823
牛津词典
noun
- 姐;妹
a girl or woman who has the same mother and father as another person- She's my sister.
她是我姐姐。 - an older/younger sister
姐姐;妹妹 - a big/little/kid sister
大姐;小妹;年幼的妹妹 - We're sisters.
我们是姐妹。 - Do you have any brothers or sisters ?
你有兄弟姐妹吗? - My best friend has been like a sister to me (= very close) .
我最要好的一个朋友待我亲如姐妹。
- She's my sister.
- (称志同道合者)姐妹
used for talking to or about other members of a women's organization or other women who have the same ideas, purpose, etc. as yourself- They supported their sisters in the dispute.
在争论中,她们支持自己的姐妹。
- They supported their sisters in the dispute.
- 护士长
a senior female nurse who is in charge of a hospital ward - 女教友;(尤指)修女
a female member of a religious group, especially a nun- Sister Mary
修女玛丽 - the Sisters of Charity
仁爱修女会
- Sister Mary
- (美国大学)女生联谊会会员
(in the US) a member of a sorority (= a club for a group of female students at a college or university) - (黑人的互相称谓)大姐
used by black people as a form of address for a black woman - 同类型的;同一批的;如同姐妹的
a thing that belongs to the same type or group as sth else- our sister company in Italy
我们在意大利的姊妹公司 - a sister ship
同一类型的船
- our sister company in Italy
柯林斯词典
- See also:His sister Sarah helped him....Vanessa Bell, the sister of Virginia Woolf...I didn't know you had a sister.half-sisterstepsister
- N-COUNT; N-TITLE; N-VOC 修女;女教友
Sisteris a title given to a woman who belongs to a religious community.- Sister Francesca entered the chapel.
弗朗西丝卡修女走进了小教堂。 - ...the Hospice of the Sisters of Charity at Lourdes.
卢尔德仁爱修女会的安养院
- Sister Francesca entered the chapel.
- N-COUNT; N-TITLE; N-VOC 护士长;高级护士
Asisteris a senior female nurse who supervises part of a hospital.- Ask to speak to the sister on the ward...
请求和病房里的护士长说话。 - Sister Middleton followed the coffee trolley.
护士长米德尔顿跟在送咖啡的推车后面。
- Ask to speak to the sister on the ward...
- N-COUNT (同一种族、宗教、国家或职业的)姐妹;同道中的女性;志同道合的女士
You can describe a woman as yoursisterif 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.
现代女性已经从许多压在旧时女性身上的责任中解放出来了。 - ...our Jewish brothers and sisters.
我们犹太教的兄弟姐妹们
- Modern woman has been freed from many of the duties that befell her sisters in times past.
- ADJ 同类型的;相关联的;如同姐妹的
You can usesisterto 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 asistercompany, they are connected.- ...the International Monetary Fund and its sister organisation, the World Bank.
国际货币基金组织及其姊妹机构——世界银行 - ...Voyager 2 and its sister ship, Voyager 1.
“旅行者 2 号”太空探测器及其姊妹探测器——“旅行者 1 号”
- ...the International Monetary Fund and its sister organisation, the World Bank.
Note that there is no common English word that can refer to both a brother and a sister. You simply have to use both words.She has 13 brothers and sisters.The wordsiblingexists, but it is very formal.
注意英语中没有统称兄弟姐妹的常用词,所以在谈及兄弟姐妹的时侯,必须同时使用 brother 和 sister:She has 13 brothers and sisters (她有 13 个兄弟姐妹)。sibling 可以统称兄弟姐妹,但非常正式。
英英释义
noun
- (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women
- a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group
- none of her sisters would betray her
- a female person who has the same parents as another person
- my sister married a musician
双语例句
- The person you saw yesterday was not her, but her elder sister.
昨天你看见的不是她,(而)是她姐姐。 - The parting from his sister had a positive effect on John
和姐姐分开对约翰来说有好处。 - My sister Yvonne also came to live at Ockenden Cottage with me.
姐姐伊冯娜也来到奥克肯登小屋和我一起住了。 - Imogen stayed with her widowed sister.
伊莫金和她守寡的姐姐住在一起。 - I coaxed my sister into taking me to the theatre.
我用好话哄姐姐带我去看戏。 - Modern woman has been freed from many of the duties that befell her sisters in times past.
现代女性已经从许多压在旧时女性身上的责任中解放出来了。 - My sister was always a lot cleverer than I was
我妹妹向来比我聪明许多。 - I regarded her as my own sister.
我把她看作自己的妹妹。 - She led a normal, happy life with her sister and brother
她和弟弟妹妹一起过着平凡而幸福的生活。 - She had been babysitting him and his four-year-old sister.
她一直都在照看他和他4岁的妹妹。