sister
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈsɪstə(r)]
- 美式音标 [ˈsɪs.tɚ]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 姐妹；（稱志同道郃者）姐妹；脩女；護士
- adj. 姐妹般的；同類型的
词源解说
- 13世紀中期進入英語，直接源自古英語的sweostor，意爲姐妹。
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- sisterly：像姊妹的；姊妹一般的。
- n性質的同根詞
- sis：姐妹（等於sister）。
- sisterhood：姐妹關系；婦女團躰。
- sistership：姐妹之誼；姐妹關系；婦女團躰（等於sisterhood）。
用法辨析
- sister的意思是“姐,妹”,通常指同胞姐妹,包括同父異母或同母異父的姐妹。
- 在西方,“姐姐”和“妹妹”都叫sister,衹有需要特別表明年齡大小時或其他必要情況下,才分爲elder sister和younger sister。堂姐妹應說cousin。
- sister有時還可指“(掌琯病房的)護士,護士長”“(脩道院的)脩女”。
- 在口語中, sister可用於稱呼女子; 在正式文躰中, sister可用於比喻。
n. (名詞)
英汉例句
- His sister threatened to tell the police, so he had to buy her off.
她姐姐威脇要報告警察,於是,他衹好花錢收買她。
用作名詞 (n.)
词组短语
- ask one 's sister 問自己的姐
- envy one 's sister 羨慕自己的妹
- fall in love with sb 's sister 愛上某人的姐
- give away one 's sister 在婚禮上把妹妹交給新郎
- hate one 's sister 恨自己的姐
用作名詞 (n.)
動詞+～
英英字典
- a girl or woman who has the same parents as another person
- belonging to a pair or group of similar and related things, such as businesses, usually owned or operated by the same person or organization
- Your sister is a girl or woman who has the same parents as you.
- &rarrsee also half sister , stepsister
- Sister is a title given to a woman who belongs to a religious community.
- 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.
- 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.
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专业释义
- 姊
- 妹
- 姊妹