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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- sister
['sɪstər]
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1.
noun
[c]
姐妹
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2.
noun
(elder) 姐姐
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3.
noun
(younger) 妹妹
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4.
noun
(nun) 修女
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5.
noun
[BRIT]
(nurse) 护士长
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6.
cpd
sister organization/ship 姐妹组织/船
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my brothers and sisters
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我的兄弟姐妹们
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- sister
[ˈsɪstər]
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1.
n.[c]
姐，妹
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My sister married a musician.
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我的妹妹嫁给了音乐家。
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2.
n.[c]
[Catholicism]
修女
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3.
n.[c]
女教友，女会友，女社友
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None of her sisters would betray her.
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她的姐妹没有一个会背叛她。
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4.
n.[c]
[Slang]
年轻漂亮的女人
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5.
noun
[British English]
女护士长
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6.
n.[c]
姑子，姨子，嫂子，弟媳，姻兄或姻弟的妻子，妯娌
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7.
n.[c]
[Spoken]
女士，小姐；娘们，婆娘
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8.
adjective
同类型的，极相似的，姐妹般的
Collins English-English Dictionary
- sister
['sɪstə]
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1.
n
a female person having the same parents as another person
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2.
n
See half-sister stepsister
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3.
n
a female person who belongs to the same group, trade union, etc, as another or others
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4.
n
[Spoken]
a form of address to a woman or girl, used esp by Black people in the US
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5.
n
a senior nurse
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6.
n
[chiefly RC Church]
a nun or a title given to a nun
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7.
n
a woman fellow member of a Church or religious body
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8.
n
[modifier]
belonging to the same class, fleet, etc, as another or others
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a sister ship
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9.
n
[modifier]
[Biology]
denoting any of the cells or cell components formed by division of a parent cell or cell component
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sister nuclei
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10.
n
[Etymology]
Old English sweostor; related to Old Norse systir, Old High German swester, Gothic swistar
Examples
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my kid sister
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我的小妹妹
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sister ships
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姐妹船
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a twin sister
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孪生姐(或妹)
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In "John or Bob may go, but their sister may not.", "or" and "but" are disjunctive conjunctions.
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在“John or Bob may go, but their sister may not.”句中，“or”和“but”是转折(或分离)连接词。
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There is my sister!
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那是我姐姐！
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