| 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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