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

• The two sisters look exactly alike.
  这两姐妹长得一模一样。
• Both of my sisters moved even farther away from home
  我的两个姐姐都搬得离家更远了。
• 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。
• I think it is important for children to have brothers and sisters they can relate to
  我认为对孩子们来讲有可以相互理解沟通的兄弟姐妹很重要。
• 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。
• 'Two Sisters' is an absorbing read
  《姊妹花》的故事情节引人入胜。
• The twin sisters played a game of chess just now.
  这一对孪生姐妹刚下了一盘棋。
• Both sisters bit their nails as children
  两姐妹都像小孩儿一样咬指甲。
• Which is the elder of the two sisters?
  两姐妹中哪个是姐姐？
• Lucilla often asks her sisters to retell the story
  露西拉经常要姐姐们把这个故事反复讲给她听。