uncle

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n. 叔父, 伯父, 姨丈

发音

UK /ˈʌŋ.kl̩/
US /ˈʌŋ.kl̩/

词形变化

uncles 复数 uncles uncley uncled uncles 三单 uncling uncling 现在分词 uncled 过去式 uncled 过去分词

别名

unc unkel unkle

教材释义与例句

名词

叔叔；伯父；伯伯；舅父；姨丈；姑父

the brother of your mother or father, or the husband of your aunt

I went to stay with my uncle and aunt for a few days.

我去和叔叔婶婶住了几天。

Uncle Philip

菲利普叔叔

I was very excited about becoming an uncle(= your sister or your brother's wife has a child ).

要做舅舅了，我很激动。

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.

    伯伯

    叔叔

    姑丈

    舅父

    姨丈

    伯父

    叔父

    姑父

    舅舅

    姨父

    姨夫

    阿伯

    阿叔

    阿舅

    母舅

    阿丈

  2. 2.

    The male cousin of one’s parent.

  3. 3.

    Used as a fictive kinship title for a close male friend of one's parent or parents.

  4. 4.

    Used as a title for the male companion to one's (usually unmarried) parent.

    委婉
  5. 5.

    A source of advice, encouragement, or help.

    比喻
  6. 6.

    A pawnbroker.

    过时 非正式

    December 1843, William Makepeace Thackeray, "Grant in Paris" (review), in Fraser's Magazine A chain hangs out of the pocket of his velvet waistcoat , by which we may conclude that he has a watch , though we have known many gents whose watches were at their uncle's (as the fashionable term for the pawnbroker goes)

  7. 7.

    An affectionate term for a man of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.

    叔叔

  8. 8.

    An older African-American male.

    古体 俚语
  9. 9.

    Any middle-aged or elderly man older than the speaker and/or listener.

    新加坡 非正式
v.
  1. 1.

    To address somebody by the term uncle.

    非正式 及物
  2. 2.

    To act like, or as, an uncle.

    非正式 不及物
interj.
  1. 1.

    A cry used to indicate surrender.

    美国 非正式

词汇关系

名词

反义词 1

aunt

上位词 4

man helper benefactor kinsman

下位词 2

great-uncle granduncle

相关短语

great-uncle n. 叔祖父,伯祖父,舅老爷,姑老爷 Uncle Tom 汤姆叔叔；逆来顺受的美国黑人 Uncle Sam 山姆大叔 Uncle Scrooge Uncle Ned Uncle Scrooges Uncle Joe [网络] 乔叔叔；乔大叔；约瑟夫大叔 Uncle Toms Uncle Sugar uncle or aunt Uncle Whiskers Uncle Tomahawk Uncle Tomahawks Uncle Dick Uncle Charlie

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os Latin avunculus Old French unclebor. Middle English uncle English uncle From Middle English uncle, borrowed from Anglo-Norman uncle and Old French oncle, from Vulgar Latin *aunclum, from Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”, literally “little grandfather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₂-n-tlo- (“little grandfather”), a dialectal diminutive of *h₂éwh₂ō (“grandfather, adult male relative other than one’s father”) (whence also Latin avus (“grandfather”)). Displaced native Middle English em (“uncle”) from Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”), containing the same Proto-Indo-European root, and Old English fædera (“paternal uncle”). Compare Saterland Frisian Unkel (“uncle”), Dutch nonkel (“uncle”), German Low German Unkel (“uncle”), German Onkel (“uncle”), Danish onkel (“uncle”). More at eam and eame.

来源：wiktionary