aunt
noun/ɑːnt/
/ænt/
你父亲或母亲的姐妹;你叔叔或阿姨的妻子 - Aunt Alice
爱丽丝姨母 - 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.
玛蒂尔德和她的叔叔婶婶住在一个小农场里。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- elderly
- maiden
- spinster
- …
- Aunt Alice
- (informal) used by children, with a first name, to address a woman who is a friend of their parents
Topics Family and relationshipsb2(儿语)阿姨 see also agony aunt
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French ante, from Latin amita.