aunt
noun[C]
uk/ɑːnt/us/ænt/(informalauntie,aunty)A2
thesisterof someone'sfatherormother, or thewifeof someone'suncleor aunt:
姑母;姨母;婶婶;伯母;舅母I have an aunt inAustralia.我有一个姑妈在澳大利亚。
This is my Aunt Camille.这是我姑妈卡米尔。
[as form of address]Do youwantsometea, Aunt Alice?爱丽丝姨母,您要喝点儿茶吗?
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.
- After my auntdied, wearrangedfor herhouseto becleared.
- We're going tovisitmy aunt anduncleonSunday.
- She has tworatheragedaunts.
- She alwaysbehavesbadlywhen her aunts come tovisit.
- We used tospendtheweekendsat my aunt'scottagein thecountry.
Family: relations in general
- anti-family
- auntie
- baby daddy
- biologically
- birth mother
- fatherhood
- filial
- first cousin
- fraternal
- grand-nephew
- kinsman
- kinswoman
- kith and kin
- long-lost
- loved one
- relative
- removed
- second cousin
- sib
- sibling