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sibling

/sib-ling/US // ˈsɪb lɪŋ //UK // (ˈsɪblɪŋ) //

同胞,同胞姐妹,同胞兄妹,兄弟姐妹

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a brother or sister.
    • : Anthropology. a comember of a sib, a unilateral descent group thought to share kinship through a common ancestor.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to a brother or sister: sibling rivalry.

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Examples

  • Two additional groups experienced daily separation from mother and siblings, plus an injection as an additional stressor.

  • Two more groups experienced daily separation from both their mother and siblings.

  • He also finally had a way to keep in touch with his siblings and reconnect with old friends.

  • The outer one weighs six times Jupiter’s mass and orbits at twice its sibling’s distance.

  • Ducouret says that this food-sharing behavior could have evolved because the elder siblings enjoy both indirect and direct benefits.

  • Her adopted daughter tried to suffocate a younger biological sibling.

  • After losing her father and young sibling to Ebola, 6-year-old Liberian Miatta Urey is a symbol of hope in the midst of tragedy.

  • My father lost his last surviving sibling, my Aunt Sally, in 2007.

  • Wendy Kramer is co-founder, with her donor-conceived son Ryan, of the Donor Sibling Registry (DSR).

  • “Go on then,” she said, as if humoring a grating younger sibling.

  • We saw on our left the large monastery of Delaling, and, a little way off, the Gomba of Sibling.

  • The extended family groupings in terms of matrilocal residence or centered around a sibling group are amorphous but flexible.