| 释义 |
ˈgrand-aunt
[See grand a. 12 b.]
One's father's or mother's aunt; a great-aunt.
18..Burd Isbel & Sir Patrick xxxii. in Child Ballads (1892) IV. 421/2 He calld upon his gude grand-aunt. 1826Miss Mitford Village Ser. ii. (1863) 346 Tom..had had the good luck..to take the fancy of a rich relation, a grand⁓aunt. 1860Sala Baddington Peerage xxxvii, Various comments..were made on his beautiful grand-aunt. |