sister

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adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
sisterly：像姊妹的；姊妹一般的。
n性質(zhì)的同根詞
sis：姐妹（等于sister）。
sisterhood：姐妹關(guān)系；婦女團(tuán)體。
sistership：姐妹之誼；姐妹關(guān)系；婦女團(tuán)體（等于sisterhood）。

sister的意思是“姐,妹”,通常指同胞姐妹,包括同父異母或同母異父的姐妹。
在西方,“姐姐”和“妹妹”都叫sister,只有需要特別表明年齡大小時(shí)或其他必要情況下,才分為elder sister和younger sister。堂姐妹應(yīng)說(shuō)cousin。
sister有時(shí)還可指“(掌管病房的)護(hù)士,護(hù)士長(zhǎng)”“(修道院的)修女”。
在口語(yǔ)中, sister可用于稱(chēng)呼女子; 在正式文體中, sister可用于比喻。

His sister threatened to tell the police, so he had to buy her off.
她姐姐威脅要報(bào)告警察,于是,他只好花錢(qián)收買(mǎi)她。

a girl or woman who has the same parents as another person
belonging to a pair or group of similar and related things, such as businesses, usually owned or operated by the same person or organization

Your sister is a girl or woman who has the same parents as you.
&rarrsee also half sister , stepsister
Sister is a title given to a woman who belongs to a religious community.
You can describe a woman as your sister if you feel a connection with her, for example, because she belongs to the same race, religion, country, or profession.
You can use sister to describe something that is of the same type or is connected in some way to another thing you have mentioned. For example, if a company has a sister company, they are connected.