"state of being a sister," late 14c., from sister + -hood. Meaning "a society of sisters" (usually a religious order) is from 1590s; sense of "women having some common characteristic or calling" is from c. 1600.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. There was a degree of solidarity and sisterhood among the women.
這些女人之間存在著一定程度的團(tuán)結(jié)精神和姐妹情誼。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. 'she never missed before,'says a knitting - woman of the sisterhood.