sis‧ter S1 W1 / sɪstə $ -ər / 名词 [可数名词]

1 a girl or woman who has the same parents as you → brother , half-sister , step-sister :

Janet and Abby are sisters.

He has two sisters and a brother.

older/big sister

My older sister is a nurse.

younger/little sister

Where’s your little sister?

She’s my twin sister .

2 sister paper/publication/company etc a newspaper etc that belongs to the same group or organization :

the Daily Post’s sister paper, the Liverpool Echo

3 ( also Sister ) a nun :

Good morning, Sister Mary.

4 British English ( also Sister ) a nurse in charge of a hospital ward :

the ward sister

I’m feeling a bit better today, Sister.

5 a word used by women to talk about other women and to show that they have feelings of friendship and support towards them :

We appeal to our sisters all over the world to stand by us.

6 American English spoken a way of talking to or about an African-American woman, used especially by African Americans

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an older sister ( also an elder sister especially British English ) He had two older sisters, Karen and Jacqueline.

a big sister (= an older sister ) She misses her big sister dreadfully.

a younger sister Mary showed a lot of aggressive behaviour towards her younger sister.

a little/kid sister (= a younger sister ) She was very fond of her little sister.

a baby sister (= a sister who is still a baby ) He wanted a baby sister.

a twin sister He is devoted to his twin sister.

a half-sister (= a sister with only one parent the same as yours ) She doesn’t see her half-sister very often.