auntie
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++aunt·ie, aunty /ˈɑːnti $ ˈæn-/ noun [countable] informal 1 FAMILYFRIENDLYan aunt 姑妈；姨妈；婶婶；伯母；舅妈 Auntie Lou 卢姨妈2. used by children to address a woman who is a friend of their parents 阿姨〔小孩子称呼父母的女性朋友〕
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auntie• Some one tells me their grandmother, father, auntie died.• My auntie and uncle were with us as well, and it was awful, no one stuck up for me.• If marauding gulls appear, the aunties sound an alarm and the young cluster tightly around them.• Chicks in creches need no more from their aunties than protection.nAunt·ie /ˈɑːnti $ ˈæn-/ na name for the bbc, used humorously to suggest that it is not very exciting or that it treats people who receive its programmes as children to be educated and protectedaunt·ie nounAunt·ieLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
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Auntie
Aunt‧ie /ˈɑːnti $ ˈæn-/
a name for the BBC, used humorously to suggest that it is not very exciting or that it treats people who receive its programmes as children to be educated and protected
Aunt‧ie /ˈɑːnti $ ˈæn-/
a name for the BBC, used humorously to suggest that it is not very exciting or that it treats people who receive its programmes as children to be educated and protected
auntie
aunt‧ie , aunty /ˈɑːnti $ ˈæn-/ noun [countable] informal
1. an aunt:
Auntie Lou
2. used by children to address a woman who is a friend of their parents
aunt‧ie
, aunty /ˈɑːnti $ ˈæn-/ noun [countable] informal1. an aunt:
2. used by children to address a woman who is a friend of their parents