Sister

['sɪstə] or ['sɪstɚ]

解释:

(noun.) a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group; 'none of her sisters would betray her'.

(noun.) (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address); 'the Sisters taught her to love God'.

(noun.) a female person who has the same parents as another person; 'my sister married a musician'.

亚伦编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A female who has the same parents with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of brother.

(n.) A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community.

(n.) One of the same kind, or of the same condition; -- generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits.

(v. t.) To be sister to; to resemble closely.

恩里克录入

解释:

n. a female born of the same parents: a female closely allied to or associated with another.—adj. closely related akin.—v.t. and v.i. to resemble closely: to be a sister to: to be allied.—ns. Sis′terhood state of being a sister the duty of a sister: a society of females a community of women living together under a religious rule and with a common object for their united life; Sis′ter-hook in a ship's rigging one of a pair of hooks fitting closely together and working on the same axis—also Clip-hook and Clove-hook; Sis′ter-in-law a husband's or wife's sister or a brother's wife.—adjs. Sis′terless having no sister; Sis′ter-like Sis′terly like or becoming a sister: kind: affectionate.

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