aunt

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++aunt /ɑːnt $ ænt/ ●●● S3 W3 noun [countable]  FAMILYthe sister of your father or mother, or the wife of your father’s or mother’s brother 姑母；姨母；婶母；伯母；舅母 Aunt Mary 玛丽姑妈 → agony aunt

Examples from the Corpus

aunt• Jerome has an aunt and uncle in Laguna Hills and some relatives in South Dakota.• The Dodson aunts take pride in his stance in this hour of crisis.• Clayton was adopted by his aunt and uncle and brought up in the working class brewery town of Tadcaster, North Yorkshire.• I have stated earlier my aunt was a determined and ambitious woman.• So my aunt talked three friends into skating down the Mississippi to New Orleans.• My aunts seemed very far away, faded, sepia photographs stuck in some childhood album.• The aunt was a prime ally.Origin aunt (1200-1300) Old French ante, from Latin amita

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aunt
aunt S3 W3 /ɑːnt $ ænt/ noun [countable]the sister of your father or mother, or the wife of your father’s or mother’s brother:
    Aunt Mary
⇨ agony aunt

🔑 auntBrE /ɑːnt/ 🔊NAmE /ænt/ 🔊 noun🔑 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。🔊🔊(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