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a girl or woman who has the same mother and father as another person 姐姐；妹妹 She's my sister. 她是我姐姐。 an older/a younger sister 姐姐/妹妹 - (informal)
a big/little sister 大/小妹妹 - (informal)
a kid sister 小妹妹 my twin sister 我的双胞胎妹妹 We're sisters. 我们是姐妹。 the Brontë sisters—Charlotte, Emily and Anne 勃朗特姐妹——夏洛特、艾米丽和安妮 Do you have any brothers or sisters? 你有兄弟姐妹吗？ - sister of somebody
He married the sister of his best friend. 他娶了他最好朋友的妹妹。 She's the sister of the bride. 她是新娘的妹妹。 Joe's sister Mary lives in Seattle. 乔的妹妹玛丽住在西雅图。 My best friend has been like a sister to me (= very close). 我最要好的一个朋友和我亲如姐妹。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
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- brothers and sisters
- brothers or sisters
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used for talking to or about other members of a women’s organization or other women who have the same ideas, purpose, etc. as yourself （称志同道合者）姐妹 - Sister(British English)
a senior female nurse who is in charge of a hospital ward 护士长 - Sister
a female member of a religious group, especially a nun 女教友；（尤指）修女 Sister Mary 修女玛丽 the Sisters of Charity 仁爱修女会
(in the US) a member of a sorority (= a club for a group of female students at a college or university) （美国大学）女生联谊会会员 Carolyn's sorority sisters at Indiana University 卡罗琳在印第安纳大学女生联谊会的姐妹们
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used by black people as a form of address for a black woman （黑人的互相称谓）大姐 (usually used as an adjective 通常用作形容词 a thing that belongs to the same type or group as something else 同类型的；同一批的；如同姐妹的 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
Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zuster and German Schwester, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin soror.