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grandaunt

/grand-ant, -ahnt/US // ˈgrændˌænt, -ˌɑnt //UK // (ˈɡrændˌɑːnt) //

祖母,婆婆,外婆,姑姑

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an aunt of one's father or mother; great-aunt.

Examples

  • Larissa and I worked with a borrowed recipe from a friend’s grandaunt, matching it against my mama’s trusted and well-thumbed Joyce Fernandes cookbook.

  • It had belonged to her grandaunt, the nun, Madelaine de Repentigny, and was kept as an heirloom in her family.

  • Betty was almost as tall and only a little more quick and graceful than her grandaunt.

  • Grandaunt made over her share of the farm to him, and he cares for all of us.

  • It is my gift to you, grandaunt, bought with the money uncle left me.

  • It is strange, said grandaunt Guion, that Barbe has no lover.