英语网 单词
auntie的意思
auntie
英 ['ɑːntɪ]
美 ['ænti]
- n. 伯母；阿姨；姑妈；姨妈；舅妈（aunt的昵称）
英文词源
- auntie (n.)
- 1787, also aunty, familiar diminutive form of aunt. As a form of kindly address to an older woman to whom one is not related, originally in southern U.S., of elderly slave women.
The negro no longer submits with grace to be called "uncle" or "auntie" as of yore. ["Harper's Magazine," October 1883]
双语例句
- 1. Auntie Hilda and Uncle Jack couldn't fuss over them enough.
- 希尔达姨妈和杰克姨父对他们宠爱有加。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Auntie and Uncle suggested she serve in the shop.
- 阿姨和叔叔建议她去商店工作。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. His uncle is dead, but his auntie still lives here.
- 他伯父已经过世，可他伯母还在这儿生活。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Auntie Winnie wrote back saying Mam wasn't well enough to write.
- 温妮姨妈回信说妈妈身体尚未康复，无法写信。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. " Auntie told me not to run, " he explained, " on account of my asthma. ”
- “ 阿姨叫我不要跑, ” 他解释道, “ 因为我有气喘病. ”
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