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]
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Auntie Hilda and Uncle Jack couldn't fuss over them enough.
希爾達(dá)姨媽和杰克姨父對(duì)他們寵愛有加。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Auntie and Uncle suggested she serve in the shop.
阿姨和叔叔建議她去商店工作。
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3. His uncle is dead, but his auntie still lives here.
他伯父已經(jīng)過(guò)世，可他伯母還在這兒生活。
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4. Auntie Winnie wrote back saying Mam wasn't well enough to write.
溫妮姨媽回信說(shuō)媽媽身體尚未康復(fù)，無(wú)法寫信。
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5. " Auntie told me not to run, " he explained, " on account of my asthma. ”