Sister jelentése magyarul, definíció, kiejtés és példamondatok

sister

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Főnév

1. A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.

My sister is always driving me crazy.

Szinonimák: sis

Ellentétek: brother

2. A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informally) a nun.

Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent.

Szinonimák: nun, sistren

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. A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.

Szinonimák: charge nurse

5. Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.

Connie was very close to her friend Judy and considered her to be her sister.

6. (sometimes capitalized) A black woman.

7. A form of address to a woman.

What’s up, sister?

Szinonimák: darling, dear, lady, love, miss, pet

8. A woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.

Thank you, sister. I would like to thank the sister who just spoke.

9. An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.

sister city

Szinonimák: affiliate, affiliated

10. A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.

11. (usually attributively) Something in the same class.

sister facility

Ige

1. 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. To be sister to; to resemble closely.