sister
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [?s?st?(r)]
- 美式音標(biāo) [?s?s.t?]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n. 姐妹；（稱志同道合者）姐妹；修女；護(hù)士
- adj. 姐妹般的；同類型的
詞源解說(shuō)
- 13世紀(jì)中期進(jìn)入英語(yǔ)，直接源自古英語(yǔ)的sweostor，意為姐妹。
同根派生
- adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
- sisterly：像姊妹的；姊妹一般的。
- n性質(zhì)的同根詞
- sis：姐妹（等于sister）。
- sisterhood：姐妹關(guān)系；婦女團(tuán)體。
- sistership：姐妹之誼；姐妹關(guān)系；婦女團(tuán)體（等于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,只有需要特別表明年齡大小時(shí)或其他必要情況下,才分為elder sister和younger sister。堂姐妹應(yīng)說(shuō)cousin。
- sister有時(shí)還可指“(掌管病房的)護(hù)士,護(hù)士長(zhǎng)”“(修道院的)修女”。
- 在口語(yǔ)中, sister可用于稱呼女子; 在正式文體中, sister可用于比喻。
n. (名詞)
英漢例句
- His sister threatened to tell the police, so he had to buy her off.
她姐姐威脅要報(bào)告警察,于是,他只好花錢收買她。
用作名詞 (n.)
詞組短語(yǔ)
- ask one 's sister 問(wèn)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(dòng)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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專業(yè)釋義
- 姊
- 妹
- 姊妹