| 单词 | maiden aunt |
| 释义 | maiden aunt noun[C] old-fashioneduk/ˌmeɪ.dən ˈɑːnt/us/ˌmeɪ.dən ˈænt/anauntwho is notmarriedand is nolongeryoung 未婚老姑妈（或姨妈）Family: relations in general
Examplesofmaiden auntmaiden aunt At the moment one can learn from one's younger brother, one'smaidenauntor anybody one likes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I speak with some feeling, being amaidenauntmyself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It reminded me in some ways of amaidenaunttrying to explain the facts of life to her more sophisticated nephews. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It seemed to me very much like an agedmaidenaunttrying to instruct her modern grandniece in the facts of life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It was a speech of amaidenauntin a lions' den. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 You might say that the failure of morale in war-time is due to the absence of a sufficient number of maiden aunts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is going to reduce the theatre to a maiden aunt's charade, where nobody is allowed to see anything except what is pleasant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are too many so-called leaders of opinion in this country, addressing the nation as if it mainly consisted of maiden aunts and old women in trousers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A fellow don described him as being descended from a long line of maiden aunts. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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