aunt /ˈænt, ˈɑnt/
 C姨母;大娘


 Aunt n.
 1. The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.
 Note: ☞ Aunt is sometimes applied as a title or term of endearment to a kind elderly woman not thus related.
 2. An old woman; and old gossip. [Obs.]
 3. A bawd, or a prostitute. [Obs.]
 Aunt Sally, a puppet head placed on a pole and having a pipe in its mouth; also a game, which consists in trying to hit the pipe by throwing short bludgeons at it.

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 aunt
      n : the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
          [syn: auntie, aunty] [ant: uncle]