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auntie

/an-tee, ahn-/US // ˈæn ti, ˈɑn- //UK // (ˈɑːntɪ) //

阿姨,阿婶,大妈,阿妈

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural aunt·ies.

    • : Informal. aunt.

Examples

  • Still, fruit sellers would vouch for a ritualistic summer-end scramble, where bag-swinging uncles and aunties jostle to scoop up the final evidence of a bountiful season.

  • My uncle and auntie farmed dairy cows a few miles away from us on better ground, and they were way more modern and way bigger than we were.

  • A lot of my aunties and my uncles and my grandparents sing, so, you know.

  • He was the “uncle” just as the BBC is affectionately known as “auntie.”

  • Tell her we need to borrow one of her chadri for Auntie Malika; tell her we will return it to her in just a few days.

  • Jean must be very quiet and drink up his milk quietly like a hero because Auntie was suffering.

  • Your auntie's health is very poor, and she is tired of the responsibility of farming; so we'll relieve her.

  • We had a great feast when it was done, and I read them a kind of lecture, which I dare say Auntie will have, and can let you see.

  • "Why, auntie, those Arnold boys are not nice at all; we couldn't have them in our garden," cried Louise.

  • I thocht Johnny said to ye 'at it was for a present to Chirsty's auntie?