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单词 great-aunt
释义
great-aunt
noun[C]
uk
/ˌɡreɪt ˈɑːnt/us
/ˌɡreɪt ˈænt/
anauntofyourfatherormother:
姑婆；姨婆
I had several great-aunts on my mother'sside.我有好几个姨婆。
Great-auntIvy艾薇姨婆
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
your relatives
  • relativeAll my relatives gather every year for a family reunion.
  • extended familyHe has a very large extended family.
  • relationShe is a distant relation of his, though I don't quite remember how.
  • kinHe remained true to his kin.
  • mother's/father's side (of the family)I have aunts and uncles on my mother's side of the family.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Family: relations in general
  • anti-family
  • aunt
  • auntie
  • baby daddy
  • biologically
  • father
  • fatherhood
  • filial
  • first cousin
  • fraternal
  • kinsman
  • kinswoman
  • kith and kin
  • long-lost
  • loved one
  • relative
  • removed
  • second cousin
  • sib
  • sibling
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(Definition ofgreat-auntfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgreat-aunt

great-aunt
All of these were women over 55 living in three-generation households, with six being grandmothers and the other agreat-aunt.
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Might agreat-aunthappen to live in a place in which such people think it would be pleasant to live?
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The care was provided by his wife, mygreat-aunt.
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The children have driven away their previous tutors and in turn, often get corporal punishment from theirgreat-aunt.
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She later received 5,000 from the will of agreat-aunt.
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The only living relative he has is hisgreat-aunt, whom he visits every week.
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Till'sgreat-auntoffered the men money, but they did not respond.
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Hisgreat-aunthas a secret recipe for flying pancakes using pollen from pink bees which gather pollen from both worlds.
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We all know that in nursery mythology uncles are sometimes supposed to be wicked, but nobody has ever said a word about great-uncles or great-aunts.
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They are for the purpose of including in the clause great-uncles and great-aunts.
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It is an arbitrary list that includes sons-in-law, but not nephews; stepsons' wives, but not nieces; grandparents, but not great-aunts and uncles.
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The changes saw the definition of relative expanded; great-aunts and great-uncles will be able to adopt children through a simpler process.
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