| [/ˈsɪstə(r); ˋsɪstɚ/] n 用法:
1 daughter of the same parents as oneself or another person 姐; 妹:
my, your, his, etc big sister 我的、 你的、 他的...姐姐 *
She has been like a sister to me, ie has behaved as a sister does. 她一向待我亲如姐妹. 用法:
2 (used esp by feminist women 尤为提倡女权主义的女性使用) fellow woman 姐妹:
They supported their sisters in the dispute. 她们在辩论中支持她们的姐妹. 用法:
3 (US infml) (used to address a woman 用以称呼女子):
Come on, sister, hurry along! 好了, 大姐, 快点! 用法:
4 (Brit) senior hospital nurse 护士长. 用法:
5 Sister member of certain female religious orders; nun 修女:
the Little Sisters of the Poor 贫民救济修女会. 用法:
6 [attrib 作定语] (eg of a ship or an organization) of the same design or type （例如指船或团体）同样类型的:
After the disaster, tests were carried out on the tanker's sister vessels. 那艘油轮遇难後, 对同类型的油轮都进行了检验. *
our sister college in Cambridge 我们剑桥大学的姐妹学院. |