单词 | sister-in-law |
释义 | sister-in-lawn. 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. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > sister > [noun] > sister-in-law sisterc1405 sister-in-law1440 good-sister1515 sister-law1530 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. 170 ‘Sister-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). < n.1440 |
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