aunt

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英 [ɑːnt] 美[ænt]

释义

n. 阿姨；姑妈；伯母；舅妈

词态变化

复数: aunts;

中文词源

aunt 阿姨

来自拉丁语amita, 同amma. 鼻音m,n对应。

英文词源

aunt: aunt: [13] Aunt appears to come ultimately from *amma, a hypothetical non-Indo-European word for ‘mother’ (parallel to Indo-European *mammā, and like it reproducing syllables perceived to be uttered by babies), which at some point was borrowed into Latin. It first appears in the derived form amita ‘paternal aunt’, which passed into English via Old French ante (of which modern French tante is an alternation) and Anglo-Norman aunte.
aunt (n.): c. 1300, from Anglo-French aunte, Old French ante (Modern French tante, from a 13c. variant), from Latin amita "paternal aunt" diminutive of *amma a baby-talk word for "mother" (cognates: Greek amma "mother," Old Norse amma "grandmother," Middle Irish ammait "old hag," Hebrew em, Arabic umm "mother").

Extended senses include "an old woman, a gossip" (1580s); "a procuress" (1670s); and "any benevolent woman," in American English, where auntie was recorded since c. 1790 as "a term often used in accosting elderly women." The French word also has become the word for "aunt" in Dutch, German (Tante), and Danish. Swedish has retained the original Germanic (and Indo-European) custom of distinguishing aunts by separate terms derived from "father's sister" (faster) and "mother's sister" (moster). The Old English equivalents were faðu and modrige. In Latin, too, the formal word for "aunt on mother's side" was matertera. Some languages have a separate term for aunts-in-law as opposed to blood relations.

双语例句

1. She looks disconcertingly like a familiar aunt or grandmother.: 令人疑惑的是，她看上去就像一位面熟的邻家阿姨或是祖母。

2. There's been no trace of my aunt and uncle.: 没有我姑姑、姑夫的踪迹。

3. The studio is midway between his aunt's old home and his cottage.: 工作室就在从他姑姑的老宅到他的小屋的中途。

4. He lives with an aunt who keeps house for him.: 他和一位帮他料理家务的姑妈住在一起。

5. Her Aunt Sallie gave her an uncharacteristically extravagant gift.: 萨莉姨妈送给她一件贵得离谱的礼物。

英英释意

1. the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle

实用场景例句

My aunt lives in Canada.: 我的姑母住在加拿大。

Aunt Alice: 艾丽斯姨母

It was a present from Aunt Vera.: 这是薇拉姑妈送的礼物。

She wrote to her aunt in America...: 她给远在美国的姨妈写了封信。

Aunt Mary's a real conservative. She's totally opposed to women going out to work.: 玛丽姑妈是一个极守旧的人, 她根本就反对女人外出工作.

Copy your aunt and you won't go wrong.: 向你姑妈学,你就不会办错事.

The young man danced attendance on his rich aunt.: 这个年轻人小心侍候他有钱的姑妈.

He pecked his aunt on the check.: 他在姨妈的脸颊上匆匆吻了一下.

My aunt has slipped down in the street and hurt her ankle.: 我姑姑在大街上滑倒了,摔伤了脚踝.

She commended the child to her aunt.: 她把孩子托付给她姑妈照顾.

My aunt always takes her rest at nine.: 我姑妈平时总是九点去睡.

He boarded with his aunt.: 他在他姨母家搭伙.

Aunt must shop around for the better job for me.: 姑妈要为我找一份较好的工作.

My aunt brought up four children.: 我姑姑养了四个孩子.

He found he had struck it rich when he unexpectedly inherited some money from his aunt.: 当他意外地从他姑妈那儿继承了一大笔钱时,他发现自己已经发大财了.

Was Aunt Sarah asked after?: 向萨拉婶婶问好了吗 ?

He went to see his aunt last night.: 他昨天晚上去看望了姨母.

There she remained under the care of Aunt Dana.: 在那里她一直受到戴纳阿姨的照顾.

When Aunt Wang was building a new house, many villagers came of their own accord to help her.: 王大妈盖新房, 村民们自动来帮忙.

The little girl found her way into her Aunt Alison's home all by herself.: 那个小女孩独自一个人摸到了艾莉森姑妈家.

Aunt Li is busy with the affairs of the street committee all day long; you can hardly ever find her at home.: 李大娘成天忙着街道的事儿, 家里见不到她的人影儿.

My aunt was bombed out during the war.: 我姨妈在战争期间由于轰炸而无家可归.

My aunt lives in Canada.: 我的姑母住在加拿大。

She looks disconcertingly like a familiar aunt or grandmother.: 令人疑惑的是，她看上去就像一位面熟的邻家阿姨或是祖母。

Aunt Mary wore shapeless black dresses.: 玛丽姨妈总是穿一些没款没形的黑色裙子。

He lives with an aunt who keeps house for him.: 他和一位帮他料理家务的姑妈住在一起。

"What are you doing for Christmas?" Ella asked. "We're going to Aunt Molly's.": “圣诞节你打算做什么？”埃拉问到。“我们打算去莫莉姨妈家。”

Aunt Mary volunteered to clean up the kitchen.: 玛丽阿姨主动要求清扫厨房。

Aunt Emilie darned old socks.: 埃米莉姨妈织补旧袜子。

考试真题

I remember sitting on a bench with my aunt at a yoga studio, she said, and having a moment of clarity right then and there: Yoga is saving my life.

I had an old aunt who used to throw cups of tea at people when she was particularly irritated.

Jimmy's father sent him back to Indiana after that to live with his aunt.

Aunt Dede, a teacher, had read the book to her students, and they loved it.

Oh my! My car broke down, and I have to meet my aunt at the railway station before noon.

On a family car trip, her aunt Dede pulled out a copy of Harry Potter, as a surprise for her niece.

Then I will take some time to visit my Aunt Lucy.

词组搭配

my sainted aunt!

(informal, chiefly Brit.)an exclamation expressing surprise or disbelief

(非正式，主英)哎呀，天哪！（表示惊讶或不相信）