Sister
['sɪstə] or ['sɪstɚ]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
亚伦編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
恩里克錄入
解釋/意思:
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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例句/造句/用法:
- What did she say, sister? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I made myself known to your sister. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- My own sister as a wife, Sir Thomas Bertram as a husband, are my standards of perfection. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- I haven't any sister, or father and mother either. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- I am thy sister, Maria said. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- The subject of gymnastic leads Plato to the sister subject of medicine, which he further illustrates by the parallel of law. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- She tried to explain the real state of the case to her sister. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Some short time after my sister Sophia's marriage she received from Lord Deerhurst, half a year of the annuity he had made her. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Well, will we be brother and sister? 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- You're an artful little puss to flatter and wheedle your cross old sister in that way. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- As Celia bent over the paper, Dorothea put her cheek against her sister's arm caressingly. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Once more adieu, my dear sister. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- My footman was at that instance setting off for my sister and Dr. Bain: and my good housekeeper was in tears. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- When my sister saw me, she rose, and taking my hand, said, He is here, even at our wish; this is Lionel, my brother. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Yes, she is very kindly helping my sister. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- He was, in fact, the most agreeable young man the sisters had ever known, and they were equally delighted with him. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Kitty, to her very material advantage, spent the chief of her time with her two elder sisters. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Bingley was quite uncomfortable; his sisters declared that they were miserable. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Weary Hannah slept on, and no one but the sisters saw the pale shadow which seemed to fall upon the little bed. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- The aunt brought her up, and she and the cousin have been like sisters. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- I had always wished to love my sisters dearly. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Your sisters will marry, and it will be gone for ever. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- On the lower floor, under the same assumed name, two women live, who are described as my sisters. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- And you, Dejah Thoris, have parents and brothers and sisters? 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Many young men have sisters,' returned the child. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- My friend Sneyd--you have heard me speak of Sneyd, Edmund--his father, and mother, and sisters, were there, all new to me. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- I should think every young man would want to go, though it is hard for the mothers and sisters who stay at home, she added sorrowfully. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- What brother on earth would do half so much for his sisters, even if REALLY his sisters! 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- But both had the remote, virgin look of modern girls, sisters of Artemis rather than of Hebe. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- He was embracing his sisters, and ogling Miss Rachel, while he honoured me with that testimony of affection. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
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