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单词 sister-in-law
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sister-in-lawn.

Brit. /ˈsɪst(ə)rɪnlɔː/, U.S. /ˈsɪstərᵻnˌlɔ/, /ˈsɪstərᵻnˌlɑ/
Inflections: Plural sisters-in-law, (rare) sister-in-laws.
Forms: see sister n. and -in-law comb. form.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sister n., -in-law comb. form.
Etymology: < sister n. + -in-law comb. form. Compare earlier brother-in-law n. Compare also sister-law n.Compare post-classical Latin soror in lege (15th cent. in a British glossarial source).
The sister of one's spouse or partner, or the wife or female partner of one's sibling. Also occasionally: the wife of one's spouse's or partner's sibling.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > sister > [noun] > sister-in-law
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Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 457 Syster yn lawe, as howsolde syster [?a1475 Winch. husbandis syster], or wyfys syster, glos.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 457 Syster yn lawe, broders wyyf, fratrissa.
?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 114v A Sistir elawe, socrus, nurus.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ruth i. 15 Beholde, thy syster in lawe is turned backe vnto hir people.
1552 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 142 Item I geve..to mother Harvy, my syster in lawe, the thurde [gowne] wch I last made.
1622 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge: 2nd Bk. 16 His sister in law Victoryna, neuer perfectly nor dearely loued his brother her husband.
a1692 T. Shadwell Volunteers (1693) i. i. 7 There is a Sister in Law for thee; a damn'd affected foolish Jade.
a1720 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) II. 183 He mentions his Sister-in-law's being with child, as no little proof of his brother's kindness.
1779 Mirror No. 65 It was my wish to live with my sister-in-law in terms of the strictest friendship.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Let. to — in Posthumous Poems (1824) 66 Some dozens Of female friends, sisters-in-law and cousins.
1885 Argosy Dec. 493 You have been stared up and down by the Mater, Pater, and future sisters-in-law.
1926 S. T. Warner Lolly Willowes i. 60 The perpetual company of a sister-in-law was rather more than she had bargained for.
1977 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Times 13 Apr. 2 e/3 Surviving are one sister-in-law..and many friends.
2004 in P. Mallender & J. Rayson Civil Partnership Act 2004 (2005) App. 170Sister-in-law’ includes civil partner's sister.
2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 14 Feb. (Styles section) 10/1 My brother and sister-in-law were married shotgun a year ago.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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