| 释义 |
sister/ˈsistə/n. 1 a woman or girl in relation to sons and other daughters of her parents 姐姐；妹妹 2a (often as a form of address) a close female friend or associate 姐妹(通常作为称呼，指亲如手足的女性朋友) b a female fellow member of a trade union, class, sect, or the human race (工会、班级、教派或人类中的)女性成员 c a fellow feminist 女权主义者 3 Brit. a senior female nurse [英]护士长 4 a member of a female religious order 修女；女教友 5 (often 常作 attrib.) of the same type or design or origin etc. 同型的事物，同类的事物，同源的事物 sister ship 姐妹船； prose, the younger sister of verse 散文——诗歌的姐妹文学 □ sisterless adj.□ sisterly adj.□ sisterliness n.[Middle English sister (from Old Norse), suster etc. (representing Old English sweoster, from Germanic)] |