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词组 sibling
释义 sibling
      Sibling is to brother and sister more or less as spouse is to husband and wife: a formal word that is sometimes useful in contexts where either of the sexually specific words would be inappropriate. Sibling most often occurs in scientific writing:
      ... the genetic changes undergone by one or both siblings during the period of separation —Peter Matthiessen, New Yorker, 21 May 1967
      ... how dependent these children are on their parents or siblings —Jerome L. Singer, Psychology Today, April 1968
      It sometimes shows up in general writing as well:
      ... a small fee to reward the older sibling for serving as a sitter —Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Ladies' Home Jour., September 1971
      In recent years figurative uses have become increasingly popular:
      Pocket Books is a sibling of Simon & Schuster's many divisions —Ray Walters, N.Y. Times Book Rev., 14 Oct. 1979
      The sun has its starry sibling: Alpha Centauri — Philip Morrison, Scientific American, February 1978
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