sister
noun · verbA1Định nghĩa theo từ loại
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noun- 1.
A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
My sister is always driving me crazy.
Đồng nghĩa: sis
- 2.
A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informal) a nun.
Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent.
Đồng nghĩa: nun
- 3.
Any butterfly in the genus Adelpha, so named for the resemblance of the dark-colored wings to the black habit traditionally worn by nuns.
- 4.
(British)A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.
Đồng nghĩa: charge nurse
- 5.
Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through the same biological sex, gender or common membership in a community, race, profession, religion, organization, or ism.
Connie was very close to her friend Judy and considered her to be her sister.
- 6.
(capitalized, slang, sometimes)(African-American Vernacular, slang, sometimes capitalized) A black woman.
- 7.
(informal)A form of address to a woman.
What’s up, sister?
Đồng nghĩa: darling, dear, love, lady, miss, pet
- 8.
A female fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.
Thank you, sister. I would like to thank the sister who just spoke.
- 9.
(attributive)(attributively) An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.
sister publication
sister city
sister projects
Đồng nghĩa: affiliate, affiliated
- 10.
(computing theory) A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.
- 11.
(attributive, usually)(usually attributively) Something in the same class.
sister ships
sister facility
- 12.
One of two tornados that form in close proximity at the same time or in quick succession.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)(transitive, construction) To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.
I’m trying to correct my sagging floor by sistering the joists.
- 2.
(obsolete, transitive)To be sister to; to resemble closely.
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soror. Cognate with sister, syster (sister), sus, suster (sister), zuster sister, Schwester sister, søster sister, and syster sister, systir sister, 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍂 sister, soror sister, sister, sesuo sister, vajzë, sister, خواهر sister.