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babushka

/buh-boosh-kuh, -boosh-/US // bəˈbʊʃ kə, -ˈbuʃ- //UK // (bəˈbuːʃkə) //

巴布什卡,巴布扎卡,巴布斯卡,巴布莎

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a woman's scarf, often triangular, used as a hood with two of the ends tied under the chin.
    • : an elderly Russian woman, especially an elderly grandmother.

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Examples

  • He referred to this risky state of affairs as “the babushka-with-uranium-in-the-chicken-shed” problem.

  • Alexandra Ivanovna shuddered, and asked: "Babushka, at whom are you cawing?"

  • She's called Matushkin, because my babushka is no babushka to her, but is her matushka.

  • She moved closer to the old woman, and said affably: "Babushka Stepanida, there is something I have been wanting to ask you."

  • There sat the babushka Stepanida, a black figure in her black shawl, gaunt and shrivelled.

  • Ask the babushka's forgiveness,” he said, “and don't you ever do it again; I saw you take the apple.