• n. 兄弟姊妹；民族成員

來 自 古 英 語 sibling, 親 戚 ， 親 屬 ， 來 自 sibb, 親 戚 ， 親 屬 ， -ling, 小 詞 后 綴 ， 來 自 Proto-Germanic*sibja,血緣關系，同血脈，來自 PIE*swe,自己的，詞源同 self,sister,swain.該詞 原指有血緣聯系的相對疏遠的親戚或親屬，后詞義強化為有親密血緣聯系的兄弟或姐妹。

sibling (n.)

"brother or sister," 1903, modern revival (in anthropology) of Old English sibling "relative, kinsman," from sibb "kinship, relationship; love, friendship, peace, happiness," from Proto-Germanic *sibja- "blood relation, relative," properly "one's own" (cognates: Old Saxon sibba, Old Frisian, Middle Dutch sibbe, Old High German sippa, German Sippe, Gothic sibja "kin, kindred"), from PIE s(w)e-bh(o)- (cognates: Old Church Slavonic sobistvo, Russian sob "character, individuality"), an enlargement of the root *swe- "self" (see idiom). Related to the second element in gossip.

The word 'sib' or 'sibling' is coming into use in genetics in the English-speaking world, as an equivalent of the convenient German term 'Geschwister' [E.&C. Paul, "Human Heredity," 1930]

In Old English, sibb and its compounds covered grounds of "brotherly love, familial affection" which tended later to lump into love (n.), as in sibsumnes "peace, concord, brotherly love," sibbian (v.) "bring together, reconcile," sibbecoss "kiss of peace." Sibship, however, is a modern formation (1908). Sib persisted through Middle English as a noun, adjective, and verb expressing kinship and relationship.

1. Sibling rivalry often causes parents anxieties.

手足之爭常讓父母憂心忡忡。

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2. These latter, therefore, represent'sibling species'such as have been described in other organisms.

因此后者呈現出諸如在其它生物 中曾 描述過的那種姊妹種.

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3. The word'sib " is a contraction of'sibling ".

“同胞 ” 是“同胞兄弟 ” 的簡稱.

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4. Many of us hate living in the shadows of a more successful sibling.

我們很多人都討厭活在更為成功的手足的陰影下.

來自常春藤生活英語雜志-2006年4月號

5. Bob: She was there, and she looked as young as my sibling.

鮑勃: 她也在, 她看起來像我的姊妹一樣年輕.

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