sister 音标拼音: [s'ɪstɚ]
n . 姊妹,姐妹,姐,妹,女会员,修女
vt . 姐妹般对待
姊妹,姐妹,姐,妹,女会员,修女姐妹般对待
sister 姊; 妹
sister n 1 :
a female person who has the same parents as another person ;
"
my sister married a musician " [
synonym : {
sister }, {
sis }] [
ant :
{
blood brother }, {
brother }]
2 : (
Roman Catholic Church )
a title given to a nun (
and used as a form of address ); "
the Sisters taught her to love God "
3 :
a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group ; "
none of her sisters would betray her "
4 : (
slang )
sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women [
synonym : {
baby }, {
babe }, {
sister }]
Sister \
Sis "
ter \,
v .
t .
To be sister to ;
to resemble closely . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
Sister \
Sis "
ter \,
n . [
OE .
sister ,
fr .
Icel .
systir ;
also suster ,
from AS .
sweostor ,
sweoster ,
swuster ,
akin to OFries .
sweester ,
suster ,
LG .
s ["
u ]
ster ,
suster ,
D .
zuster ,
OS . &
OHG .
swestar ,
G .
schwester ,
Icel .
systir ,
Sw .
syster ,
Dan .
s ["
o ]
ster ,
Goth .
swistar ,
Lith .
ses ?,
Russ .
sestra ,
Pol .
siostra ,
L .
soror ,
Skr .
svasr . [
root ]
298 .
Cf . {
Cousin }.]
1 .
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 .
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1913 Webster ]
I am the sister of one Claudio . --
Shak .
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2 .
A woman who is closely allied to ,
or assocciated with ,
another person ,
as in the sdame faith ,
society ,
order ,
or community . --
James ii .
15 .
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3 .
One of the same kind ,
or of the same condition ; --
generally used adjectively ;
as ,
sister fruits . --
Pope .
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{
Sister Block } (
Naut .),
a tackle block having two sheaves ,
one above the other .
{
Sister hooks },
a pair of hooks fitted together ,
the shank of one forming a mousing for the other ; --
called also {
match hook }.
{
Sister of charity }, {
Sister of mercy }. (
R .
C .
Ch .)
See under {
Charity },
and {
Mercy }.
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1913 Webster ]
161 Moby Thesaurus words for "
sister ":
Greek ,
LPN ,
RN ,
abbess ,
affiliate ,
ally ,
alter ego ,
analogon ,
analogue ,
associate ,
aunt ,
auntie ,
belonger ,
blood brother ,
brethren ,
brother ,
bub ,
bubba ,
bud ,
buddy ,
canoness ,
card -
carrier ,
card -
carrying member ,
cardholder ,
catechumen ,
charge nurse ,
charter member ,
church member ,
churchman ,
churchwoman ,
clergywoman ,
close copy ,
close match ,
clubber ,
clubman ,
clubwoman ,
cognate ,
committeeman ,
communicant ,
companion ,
complement ,
comrade ,
congenator ,
congener ,
conventioneer ,
conventioner ,
conventionist ,
conventual ,
coordinate ,
correlate ,
correlative ,
correspondent ,
counterpart ,
country cousin ,
cousin ,
cousin once removed ,
cousin twice removed ,
daughter ,
district nurse ,
dues -
paying member ,
enlistee ,
enrollee ,
equivalent ,
father ,
fellow ,
first cousin ,
foster brother ,
frater ,
fraternity man ,
graduate nurse ,
grandnephew ,
grandniece ,
granduncle ,
great -
aunt ,
great -
uncle ,
guildsman ,
half brother ,
honorary member ,
image ,
initiate ,
insider ,
joiner ,
kid brother ,
kindred spirit ,
lady superior ,
laic ,
lay brother ,
lay sister ,
layman ,
laywoman ,
licensed practical nurse ,
life member ,
like ,
likeness ,
mate ,
member ,
mother ,
mother superior ,
near duplicate ,
nephew ,
niece ,
novice ,
nun ,
nuncle ,
nunks ,
nunky ,
nurse ,
nursing sister ,
obverse ,
one of us ,
parallel ,
parishioner ,
pendant ,
picture ,
pledge ,
postulant ,
practical nurse ,
prioress ,
private -
duty nurse ,
probationer ,
probationist ,
probe ,
public health nurse ,
reciprocal ,
registered nurse ,
religieuse ,
school nurse ,
scrub nurse ,
second cousin ,
second self ,
secular ,
secular canoness ,
similitude ,
simulacrum ,
sis ,
sissy ,
sister -
german ,
sistern ,
socius ,
son ,
sorority girl ,
sorority woman ,
soul mate ,
stepbrother ,
stepsister ,
student nurse ,
such ,
suchlike ,
superioress ,
surgical nurse ,
tally ,
the like of ,
the likes of ,
the reverend mother ,
trained nurse ,
twin ,
unc ,
uncle ,
uncs ,
uterine brother ,
visiting nurse
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