- If you have an aunt, she would be your dad's sister or your mom's sister, or the woman who's married to your uncle. Your uncle is a brother to your mom or dad. Maybe your favorite aunt, Beatrice, sends you a birthday card stuffed with money each year.
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- n. 阿姨；姑妈；伯母；舅妈
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1. I only have one aunt.
我只有一个阿姨。
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2. Aunt Alice
艾丽斯姨母
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3. My aunt lives in Canada.
我的姑母住在加拿大。
- aunt (n.) c. 1300, from Anglo-French aunte, Old French ante (Modern French tante, from a 13c. variant), from Latin amita "paternal aunt" diminutive of *amma a baby-talk word for "mother" (source also of Greek amma "mother," Old Norse amma "grandmother," Middle Irish ammait "old hag," Hebrew em, Arabic umm "mother").
aunt ★ / ɑːnt ; NAmE ænt / noun 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。 2 ( informal) used by children, with a first name, to address a woman who is a friend of their parents （儿语）阿姨 ☞see also agony aunt aunt aunts aunt / ɑːnt ; NAmE ænt /
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