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aunt

noun
 
🔊/ɑːnt/
🔊/ænt/
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  1.  
     the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle姑母；姨母；伯母；婶母；舅母
    • Aunt Alice艾丽斯姨母
    • My aunt lives in Canada.我的姑母住在加拿大。🔊🔊
    • Great Aunt Emily埃米莉姑婆
    • Mathilde lives with her aunt and uncle on a small farm.玛蒂尔德与姑姑和叔叔住在一个小农场里。
    see also maiden auntTopics Family and relationshipsa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • elderly
    • maiden
    • spinster
    • …
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  2. (informal) used by children, with a first name, to address a woman who is a friend of their parents（儿语）阿姨Topics Family and relationshipsb2
    3. see also agony aunt
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French ante, from Latin amita.