1 N-COUNT [oft poss NOUN] 姐;妹 Your sister is a girl or woman who has the same parents as you. 姐;妹
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His sister Sarah helped him.
他姐姐萨拉帮助了他。
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...Vanessa Bell, the sister of Virginia Woolf. [+ of]
弗吉尼娅·伍尔夫的姐姐瓦妮莎·贝尔
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I didn't know you had a sister.
我当时并不知道你还有个姐姐。
2See also:half-sister stepsister
Usage Note :
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 word sibling exists, 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。
3 N-COUNT; N-TITLE; N-VOC 修女;女教友 Sister is a title given to a woman who belongs to a religious community. 修女;女教友
4 N-COUNT; N-TITLE; N-VOC 护士长;高级护士 A sister is a senior female nurse who supervises part of a hospital. 护士长;高级护士 [British]
5 N-COUNT [usually poss NOUN] (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 your sister if you feel a connection with her, for example because she belongs to the same race, religion, country, or profession. (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
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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。
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...our Jewish brothers and sisters.
我们犹太教的兄弟姐妹们
SYN fellow woman, colleague, associate, comrade
6 ADJ [ADJ n] 同类型的;相关联的;如同姐妹的 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. 同类型的;相关联的;如同姐妹的
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...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
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...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”
SYN affiliated, allied, associated, joined
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