sister

英 ['sɪstə] 美['sɪstɚ]

近义词Christ bride nun of superior prioress mother abbess

反义词

n. 姐妹；（称志同道合者）姐妹；修女；护士
adj. 姐妹般的；同类型的

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中文词源

sister 姐妹，修女

来自中古英语 sister,来自古英语 sweoster,姐妹，修女，来自 Proto-Germanic*swester,姐妹，来自 PIE*swesor,姐妹，可能来自 PIE*swe,自己的，词源同 self,-sor,姐妹，来自 PIE*es-ro,血，词源同 sanguine,sorority.拼写可能受表阴性格后缀-ster 影响俗化，如 spinster,纺纱女。

词态变化

复数: sisters;

英文词源

sister: sister: [OE] Sister is one of a widespread family of ‘sister’-words that go back ultimately to Indo- European *swesor. Amongst its other descendants are Latin soror (source of French soeur, Italian sorella, and Romanian sora, not to mention English sorority [16]), Russian, Czech, and Serbo-Croat sestra, Polish siostra, Welsh chwaer, Breton c’hoar, Lithuanian sesuo, and Sanskrit svasar-. To prehistoric Germanic it contributed *swestr, which has evolved into German schwester, Dutch zuster, Swedish syster, Danish søster, and English sister. English cousin goes back ultimately to a compound based on *swesor, the Old Latin antecedent of soror.
=> sorority
sister (n.): mid-13c., from Old English sweostor, swuster "sister," or a Scandinavian cognate (Old Norse systir, Swedish syster, Danish søster), in either case from Proto-Germanic *swestr- (cognates: Old Saxon swestar, Old Frisian swester, Middle Dutch suster, Dutch zuster, Old High German swester, German Schwester, Gothic swistar).

These are from PIE *swesor, one of the most persistent and unchanging PIE root words, recognizable in almost every modern Indo-European language (Sanskrit svasar-, Avestan shanhar-, Latin soror, Old Church Slavonic, Russian sestra, Lithuanian sesuo, Old Irish siur, Welsh chwaer, Greek eor). French soeur "a sister" (11c., instead of *sereur) is directly from Latin soror, a rare case of a borrowing from the nominative case.

According to Klein's sources, probably from PIE roots *swe- "one's own" + *ser- "woman." For vowel evolution, see bury. Used of nuns in Old English; of a woman in general from 1906; of a black woman from 1926; and in the sense of "fellow feminist" from 1912. Meaning "female fellow-Christian" is from mid-15c. Sister act "variety act by two or more sisters" is from vaudeville (1908).

双语例句

1. My sister needed an escort for a company dinner.: 我妹妹需要一个陪她参加公司晚宴的男伴。

2. He had very little in common with his sister.: 他和姐姐几乎没有什么共同语言。

3. Ray and sister Renee lived just 25 miles apart from each other.: 雷和妹妹勒妮的住处仅相隔25英里。

4. Sister Francesca entered the chapel, took her seat, and promptly fell asleep.: 弗朗西丝卡修女走进小教堂，坐下来，很快就睡着了。

5. Sister Morrison might take issue with me on that matter.: 莫里森修女在那件事上或许会和我持不同意见。

英英释意

1. a female person who has the same parents as another person;: "my sister married a musician"

2. a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group;: "none of her sisters would betray her"

3. sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women

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People in our neighborhood find it hard to believe she's my twin sister.

Caregivers must also learn to state their needs and opinions clearly and ask for help from others especially brothers and sisters.

Brothers and sisters are often willing to help, but they may not know what to do

A 4-year-old may 27 protest that a sister has more fruit juice when it is only the shapes of the glasses that differ, not the 28 amount of juice.

One of the pioneers of a radical new way of thinking about the kitchen was Catharine Esther Beecher, sister of Harriet Beecher Stowe.

In American Woman's Home, published in 1869, the Beecher sisters recommended a scientific approach to household management, designed to enhance the efficiency of a woman's work and promote order.

In July, a sister craft of the crashed spaceplane was reported to be about half-finished.

In a study of older people with sisters and brothers, psychologist Debra Gold of the Duke Center for the study of aging and human development found that about 20% said they were hostile or indifferent to ward their sisters and brothers.

Only four out of the 54 people interviewed had completely broken with their sisters and brothers and only one of the four felt comfortable with the break.

As sisters and brothers advanced into old age, closeness increases and rivalry diminishes, explains VC, a psychologist at Purdue University

Most of the elderly people he interviewed said they had supportive and friendly dealings and got along well or very well with their sisters and brothers.

Gold found that as people age, they often become more involved with and interested in their sisters and brothers

of those she interviewed said that contact with their sisters and brothers increase innate adulthood.

A man who had recently reconciled with his brother told Gold there's something that lets older people to put aside bad deeds of the past and focus a little on what we need now, especially when it's sisters and brothers

What has probably caused closeness to increase among sisters and brothers according to VC?

One fifth of them were on bad terms with their sisters and brothers

Most of them had broken with their sisters and brothers.

They have little time left to renew contact with their brothers and sisters

He does not believe they are twin sisters.

My sister just happened to have one and she can't go since she has got some sort of conflict in her schedule.

Cojochru, the moldovan caregiver, hoped obtaining permanent residence (居住权) would help her bring her two children to italy; they live with her sister in moldova, where salaries are among the lowest in Europe.

How can Sabrina reach her sister now?

I haven't heard from my sister for two weeks.

It's about two sisters - Eri, a model who either won't or can't stop sleeping,and Mari, a young student.

Kate, whose sister I shared a room with when we were at college, has gone to work in Australia.

My sister will get here at about 7: 00 pm and then we can go out to dinner together.

She lives with her sister now in italy.

The nursery team switches him every few days with his sister so that while one is being bottle-fed, the other is with mum-she never suspects.

Through the Internet, Zac tracked down Corrado's sister Adeline Rockko.

实用场景例句

She's my sister.: 她是我姐姐。

an older/younger sister: 姐姐；妹妹

(informal)a big/little/kid sister: 大姐；小妹；年幼的妹妹

We're sisters.: 我们是姐妹。

Do you have any brothers or sisters ?: 你有兄弟姐妹吗？

My best friend has been like a sister to me (= very close) .: 我最要好的一个朋友待我亲如姐妹。

They supported their sisters in the dispute.: 在争论中，她们支持自己的姐妹。

Sister Mary: 修女玛丽

the Sisters of Charity: 仁爱修女会

our sister company in Italy: 我们在意大利的姊妹公司

a sister ship: 同一类型的船

His sister Sarah helped him.: 他姐姐萨拉帮助了他。

...Vanessa Bell, the sister of Virginia Woolf...: 弗吉尼娅·伍尔夫的姐姐瓦妮莎·贝尔

Sister Francesca entered the chapel.: 弗朗西丝卡修女走进了小教堂。

...the Hospice of the Sisters of Charity at Lourdes.: 卢尔德仁爱修女会的安养院

Ask to speak to the sister on the ward...: 请求和病房里的护士长说话。

Sister Middleton followed the coffee trolley.: 护士长米德尔顿跟在送咖啡的推车后面。

Modern woman has been freed from many of the duties that befell her sisters in times past.: 现代女性已经从许多压在旧时女性身上的责任中解放出来了。

...our Jewish brothers and sisters.: 我们犹太教的兄弟姐妹们

...the International Monetary Fund and its sister organisation, the World Bank.: 国际货币基金组织及其姊妹机构——世界银行

...Voyager 2 and its sister ship, Voyager 1.: “旅行者 2 号”太空探测器及其姊妹探测器——“旅行者 1 号”

He was engaged to my sister.: 他和我妹妹订婚了.

She differs from her sister in the color of her eyes.: 她与她姐姐眼睛的颜色不同.

My sister gave me a book.: 姐姐送我一本书.

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