Word · Frequency #1049
sister
姐妹
a female person who has the same parents as another person
- 1.
A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
同父母的女儿;女性兄弟姐妹。
- 2.
Title of respect for an adult female member of a religious order.
对宗教团体成年女性成员的尊称。
- 3.
A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informal) a nun.
宗教团体的女性成员;尤指从事更积极服务者;(非正式)修女。
- 4.
Title of respect for an adult female member of a fraternal/sororal organization, or comrade in a movement, or even a stranger using fictive kin.
对兄弟/姐妹组织成年女性成员、运动中的同志,甚至使用虚拟亲属关系的陌生人的尊称。
- 5.
Any butterfly in the genus Adelpha, so named for the resemblance of the dark-colored wings to the black habit traditionally worn by nuns.
Adelpha属的任何蝴蝶,因深色翅膀酷似修女传统所穿的黑色服装而得名。
- 6.
A title used to personify or respectfully refer to concepts or animals.
用于拟人或恭敬地指代概念或动物的称号。
- 7.
Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through the same biological sex, gender or common membership in a community, race, profession, religion, organization, or ism.
因相同生理性别、社会性别或共同社区、种族、职业、宗教、组织或主义而产生纽带感的任何女性或女孩。
- 8.
A female fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.
宗教团体、教会、工会等中的女性成员。
- 9.
An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.
与另一实体具有特殊或亲密的非等级关系的实体。
- 10.
A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.
数据结构中与另一节点共享父节点的节点。
- 11.
Something in the same class.
同类的事物。
- 12.
One of two tornados that form in close proximity at the same time or in quick succession.
同时或紧接着在近距离内形成的两股龙卷风之一。
修女;女性成员;女会员;同父母的女儿;女性兄弟姐妹。;对宗教团体成年女性成员的尊称。;宗教团体的女性成员;尤指从事更积极服务者;(非正式)修女。
In use
My sister is two years younger than me, and she loves playing the piano.
I am going to visit my sister in Shanghai next weekend.
The two sisters are opening a small bakery together.
possessive + sister
指有相同父母的女性兄弟姐妹,可用姐姐或妹妹。
My sister is a doctor.
我姐姐是医生。
Sister + name
作为修女的称呼,Sister须大写。
Sister Mary is the principal.
玛丽修女是校长。
sister in + group
指同一组织或团体的女性成员。
She is a sister in the sorority.
她是姐妹会中的一位姐妹。
Connections
Collocations
- older sister
- 姐姐
- My older sister is a teacher.我的姐姐是一名教师。
- younger sister
- 妹妹
- My younger sister loves to dance.我的妹妹喜欢跳舞。
- little sister
- 小妹妹
- My little sister is only five years old.我的小妹妹只有五岁。
- big sister
- 大姐姐
- She is like a big sister to me.她对我来说就像一个大姐姐。
Idioms & figurative uses
- sister city
- 姐妹城市Our city has a sister city in Japan.我们城市与日本的一个城市结为姐妹城市。
- sister ship
Learner notes
Memory Tip
sis 像‘细丝’,ter 像‘特’;想象姐妹用细丝特别地编织在一起,记住姐妹关系紧密。
Context & Register
作为名词,'sister'有多个义项:姐妹(日常中性)、修女(正式宗教)、女同事(非正式组织)。语域混合。
Grammar Note
可数名词,复数形式为sisters。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like 'mister' (identical stressed vowel and ending) rhyme exactly with 'sister'. 'Minister' shares the unstressed ending '-ister' but has a different stressed vowel. Words like 'cluster', 'monster', 'roster', 'register' also end with '-ster' but have different stressed vowels, so they are lookalikes that sound different from 'sister'.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.