单词 | maiden aunt |
释义 | maiden aunt From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Familymaiden auntˌmaiden ˈaunt noun [countable] old-fashionedSSFan aunt who has never marriedExamples from the Corpusmaiden aunt• When he was eighteen months old, the family broke up, his care passing to a maiden aunt.• Your aupair may be a born maiden aunt.• The man of letters and the maiden aunt.• The maiden aunt who was invited to Walsingham House arrived in a four-wheeler. |
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