婶娘 meaning in Chinese
[方言] wife of father's younger brother; aunt
Examples
- On her aunt's nodding, she proceeded to toil up the narrow staircase before us .
见婶娘点了头,她便领头费力地登上狭窄的楼梯。 - Mother had an aunt who lived to a hundred and six and kept her wits until the end .
母亲有位婶娘,活到一百零六岁的高龄,直到老死,神智仍然清醒。 - It was the kind of card you used to get from a grandmother or an aging aunt or , in this case , a dying father
那是一种你过去经常从祖母或上了年纪的婶娘那儿得到的卡片;那次是从奄奄一息的父亲那儿得来的卡片。 - " this marriage , " added madame de villefort , " is quite agreeable to the wishes of m . d epinay and his family ; besides , he had no relations nearer than an uncle and aunt , his mother having died at his birth , and his father having been assassinated in 1815 , that is to say , when he was but two years old ; it naturally followed that the child was permitted to choose his own pursuits , and he has , therefore , seldom acknowledged any other authority but that of his own will .
“这门亲事, ”维尔福夫人又说道, “伊皮奈先生和他的家人也是很乐意的,而且,他也没什么近亲,只有一位叔父和一个婶娘,她母亲是在他出生的时候死的,他父亲在一八一五年遭人暗杀。当时他只有两岁。所以他可以自己拿主意。 ”