a brother or sister 兄;弟;姐;妹 squabbles between siblings 兄弟姐妹间的口角 sibling rivalry (= competition between brothers and sisters) 兄弟姐妹间的竞争 The younger children were badly treated by older siblings. 小一些的孩子受到哥哥姐姐的虐待。 poor relationships between siblings 兄弟姐妹之间的糟糕关系
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- elder
- eldest
- older
- …
- rivalry
- relationship
- among siblings
- between siblings
Word OriginOld English, in the sense ‘relative’ (from sib ‘kindred’ + -ling). The current sense dates from the early 20th cent.