sisters

英 [ˈsɪstəz]

美 [ˈsɪstərz]

n.  姐; 妹; (称志同道合者)姐妹; 护士长
sister的复数

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柯林斯词典

• See also:His sister Sarah helped him....Vanessa Bell, the sister of Virginia Woolf...I didn't know you had a sister.half-sisterstepsister

Note that there is no common English word that can refer to both a brother and a sister. You simply have to use both words.She has 13 brothers and sisters.The wordsiblingexists, but it is very formal.
注意英语中没有统称兄弟姐妹的常用词，所以在谈及兄弟姐妹的时侯，必须同时使用 brother 和 sister：She has 13 brothers and sisters (她有 13 个兄弟姐妹)。sibling 可以统称兄弟姐妹，但非常正式。

• N-COUNT; N-TITLE; N-VOC 修女;女教友
  Sisteris a title given to a woman who belongs to a religious community.
  1. Sister Francesca entered the chapel.
     弗朗西丝卡修女走进了小教堂。
  2. ...the Hospice of the Sisters of Charity at Lourdes.
     卢尔德仁爱修女会的安养院
• N-COUNT; N-TITLE; N-VOC 护士长;高级护士
  Asisteris a senior female nurse who supervises part of a hospital.
  1. Ask to speak to the sister on the ward...
     请求和病房里的护士长说话。
  2. Sister Middleton followed the coffee trolley.
     护士长米德尔顿跟在送咖啡的推车后面。
• N-COUNT (同一种族、宗教、国家或职业的)姐妹;同道中的女性;志同道合的女士
  You can describe a woman as yoursisterif you feel a connection with her, for example because she belongs to the same race, religion, country, or profession.
  1. 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。
  2. ...our Jewish brothers and sisters.
     我们犹太教的兄弟姐妹们
• ADJ 同类型的;相关联的;如同姐妹的
  You can usesisterto 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 asistercompany, they are connected.
  1. ...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
  2. ...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”

双语例句

• Anna's strength is derived from her parents and her sisters
  安娜的坚强源自于她的父母和姐姐们。
• I'm lucky in that I've got four sisters.
  我很幸运，因为我有4个姐姐。
• Have you got any brothers and sisters?
  你有兄弟姐妹吗？
• Go left onto the A107 and bear left into Seven Sisters Road.
  向左驶入A107号公路，然后左转进七姐妹路。
• The twin sisters played a game of chess just now.
  这一对孪生姐妹刚下了一盘棋。
• The two of them were as intimate as sisters.
  她们俩处得好像亲姐妹一样。
• Where do you come among your brothers and sisters?--I'm the third.
  你行几？--我行三。
• Vic was bullied by his father and persecuted by his sisters.
  维克受到父亲的欺压和姊妹们的纠缠。
• 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。
• He had a lot of rivalry with his brothers and sisters.
  他和兄弟姐妹间经常较劲。