sister的中文意思

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sister
/ 5sistE /

◙ noun
1. a woman or girl in relation to other daughters and sons of her parents
• 姐妹
  a close female friend or associate, especially a female fellow member of a trade union or other organization
• 亲密女友（或女同事，尤指工会或其他组织的女性成员）
  [常作 Sister] a member of a religious order of women
• 修女；女教友
  a fellow woman seen in relation to feminist issues
• （女权运动中的）姐妹
  (informal, chiefly N. Amer.)a black woman (chiefly used as a term of address by other black people)
• [非正式，主北美] 大姐；小妹（主要为黑人之间的称呼语）
  [usu. as modifier] a thing, especially an organization, which bears a relationship to another of common origin or allegiance or mutual association
• （尤指组织之间的）姐妹（关系）
»Securicor and its sister company Securicor Services.
  安全投递公司和它的姊妹公司——安全押运服务有限公司。
»a sister ship.
  姐妹船。
2. [常作 Sister] [Brit.] a senior female nurse, typically in charge of a ward
• [英.] 护士长

【派生】

♦ sisterliness noun
♦ sisterly adjective

【语源】

1. Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zuster and German Schwester, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin soror