Sister
词形变化
Sisters
复数
Sisters
释义与例句
n.
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1.
Title of respect for an adult female member of a religious order.
At the convent, Sister Grace supervises the kitchen.
Please welcome Sister Smith as she moves from her former congregation to her new congregation.
Could you say a prayer for me, Sister?
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2.
Title of respect for an adult female member of a fraternal/sororal organization, or comrade in a movement, or even a stranger using fictive kin.
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3.
A title used to personify or respectfully refer to concepts or animals.
Native American leader Chief Seattle urged ecological responsibility, referring to Brother Eagle and Sister Sky in his purported 1854 speech.