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    maiden aunt

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Family
    ˌmaiden ˈaunt noun [countable] old-fashioned  SSFan aunt who has never married 从未结婚的姑妈[姨妈]
    Examples from the Corpus
    maiden aunt• When he was eighteen months old, the family broke up, his care passing to a maiden aunt.• Your aupair may be a born maiden aunt.• The man of letters and the maiden aunt.• The maiden aunt who was invited to Walsingham House arrived in a four-wheeler.
    ˌmaiden ˈaunt nounChineseSyllable
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    maiden aunt
    ˌmaiden ˈaunt noun [countable] old-fashioned
    an aunt who has never married


    maiden auntBrE /ˌmeɪdn ˈɑːnt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmeɪdn ˈænt/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned) an aunt who has not married （未婚的）姑，姨