half-sisters

英 [hɑːf ˈsɪstəz]

美 [hæf ˈsɪstərz]

n.  同母异父(或同父异母)的姐妹
half-sister的复数

柯林斯词典

• 同母异父（或同父异母）姐妹
  Someone'shalf-sisteris a girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as they have.

双语例句

• Chulalongkorn then married four of his half-sisters.
  朱拉隆功又娶了他的四个姊妹半。
• The couple had three children, including Amy, who found out about her older half-sisters during another ugly argument with her mother.
  夫妻俩又生了三个孩子，包括谭恩美，在与母亲的另一场争吵中，谭恩美知道了同母异父姐姐们的存在。
• She often told her husband that giving his half-sisters such a great amount of money would be robbing his own child of his future wealth.
  她经常提醒丈夫说，给他的同父异母妹妹们这么一笔巨款，岂不剥夺了自己儿子的财富。
• I've never understood that. I thought they were half-brothers and half-sisters.
  我还是一点都不明白。我以为他们是同父异母或同母异父的兄弟姐妹。
• Aunt Caroline's and Uncle Jim's children are half-brothers and half-sisters to the other children.
  卡洛林姑姑和吉姆姑父共同的孩子和其他的孩子是同父异母或同母异父的兄弟姐妹。
• The two of them, with their Yankee stepmother, their four little half-sisters, and Hilton, the Yankee overseer, remained in the silent, oddly echoing house.
  他们兄妹二人，以及他们的北方佬继母和四个异母的小妹妹，还有那位北方佬监工希尔顿一起住在这幢寂静而又常常发出古怪回响的旧房子里。