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sis.ter AHD:[s?s“t…r] D.J.[6sist*] K.K.[6s!st+] n.Abbr. s.（名词）缩写 s. A girl or woman having the same moth er and father as another. 姐妹：与另一位女孩或女人有相同的父母 的女孩或女人 A girl or woman having one parent in c ommon with another; a half sister. 同父异母或同母异父的姐妹：与另一位女 孩或女人有相同的父亲或者母亲的女孩或 女人；同父异母或同母异父的姐妹 The daughter of a person's stepparent by a previous marriage; a stepsister. 异父异母的姐妹：某人继父或继母以前婚 姻所生的女儿；继姐妹 A girl or woman who shares a common ancestry, allegiance, character, or purp ose with another or others, specifically: 亲如手足的女子：与另一（些）女孩或女 人有相同的祖先、事业、性格或目标的女 人或女孩，尤指： A kinswoman. 女亲属 A woman fellow member, as of a sorori ty. 女会员：女性成员，例如妇女联谊会的成 员 A fellow woman, friend, or companion. 女伙伴，朋友或同事 A soul sister. 黑人女子 A woman who advocates, fosters, or tak es part in the feminist movement. 拥护、鼓励或参与女权运动的妇女 Informal Used as a form of address for a woman or girl. 非正式用语用于称呼女人或女孩的 一种形式 Sister Abbr. Sr.Ecclesiastical Sister 缩写Sr.基督教会 A member of a religious order of wome n; a nun. 修女：女性宗教团体的成员；尼姑 Used as a form of address for such a w oman, alone or followed by the woman' s name. 对修女的称呼：用于对这样妇女的称谓， 单独使用或放在该女性名字后面 Chiefly British A nurse, especially the he ad nurse in a ward. 多用于英国护士：护士，尤指病房 中的护士长 One identified as female and closely rel ated to another: 相同类型的东西：被认为是姐妹般的且相 互有亲密关系的东西： “the sisters Death and Night”(Walt Whit man) “死亡与黑暗是一对姐妹”(沃尔特·惠特曼) adj.（形容词） Related by or as if by sisterhood; closel y related: 姐妹（般）的：姐妹关系或仿佛是姐妹关 系的；关系亲密的： sister ships; sister cities. 姐妹船；姐妹城 Genetics Of or being one of an identical pair: 遗传学完全相同的：属于或是完全 相同的一双中的一个： sister chromatids. 完全相同的染色体
Middle English 中古英语 partly from Old English sweostor 部分源自古英语sweostor and from Old Norse systir * see swesor -并源自古斯堪的纳维亚语systir *参见 s wesor-