nuncle

n. (=uncle)叔叔, 舅父

词形变化

nuncles 复数 nuncles nuncled nuncles 三单 nuncling nuncling 现在分词 nuncled 过去式 nuncled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Uncle.

    古体 方言
  2. 2.

    Aunt or uncle; sibling of a parent (regardless of gender).

    语言学
v.
  1. 1.

    To cheat, deceive.

词源

From rebracketing of phrases an uncle, mine uncle, thine uncle, etc. Compare neam and naunt. For the verb, OED suggests an evolution in sense "to claim to be one's uncle" > "to cheat". It compares this derivation with cozen, which it derives from cousin. For the technical anthropological sense, compare nibling.

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