| 词汇 | uncle |
| 释义 | uncle noun[ C ] uk /ˈʌŋ.kəl/ us /ˈʌŋ.kəl/ A2 the brother of someone's mother or father, or the husband of someone's aunt or uncle: 舅父;伯父;叔父;姨父;姑父 I have lots of uncles and aunts.我有很多叔叔、舅舅、姑姑和姨妈。 We invited my Uncle Steve over.我们邀请了我的叔叔史蒂夫过来。 [ as form of address ]Did you bring me a present, Uncle Jack?你给我带礼物了吗，杰克叔叔？ your relatives relativeAll my relatives gather every year for a family reunion. extended familyHe has a very large extended family. relationShe is a distant relation of his, though I don't quite remember how. kinHe remained true to his kin. mother's/father's side (of the family)I have aunts and uncles on my mother's side of the family. Indian English any male adult that you know who is older than you: 叔叔，大叔（任何年纪比自己大的成年男性） John Uncle约翰大叔 We're going to visit my aunt and uncle on Sunday .我们周日要去看望我的叔叔和婶婶。 She inherited lots of money from her uncle. We went back to Ireland for my uncle's burial.我们回到爱尔兰参加叔叔的葬礼。 I struck up an interesting conversation with your uncle. Her uncle takes a personal interest in her progress.她叔叔个人很关心她的进步。 Family: relations in general anti-family aunt auntie baby daddy baby mama family man father fatherhood filial filially kinship kinsman kinswoman kith and kin long-lost relationally relationship relative removed second cousin uncle | American Dictionaryuncle noun[ C ] us/ˈʌŋ·kəl/ the brother of someone’s mother or father, or the husband of someone’s aunt: My aunt and uncle moved to Arizona when they retired. Examples of uncleuncle Four uncles and three aunts had virtually no contact with nieces or nephews and rarely saw any of them. Marriage to the niece, or maternal uncle's daughter was permitted and was often considered the ideal marriage. Thus disgruntled children could always turn to uncles. Accumulators too had fathers and uncles, and had to tread carefully in their dealings with them. However, the scientists' brothers were also classified for occupational status together with the scientists' paternal uncles and grandfathers. After 1915, he was invited to fill some of his uncle's engagements. Until he was 21, he worked alongside his grandfather, father and uncles. Both fathers and maternal uncles received some payments when a young woman married. Young bachelors worked for their uncles from circumcision until marriage, with time allotted for them to earn wealth for themselves. Thus, grandparents were turned to more immediately than aunts or uncles. The remainder of the male caregivers included 68.7% biological fathers, 13.6% stepfathers, 2.7% adoptive fathers, 1.4% uncles, 1.4% grandfathers, and 2.0% other. The approximate risk to other relatives were 6% for half-siblings, 2% for uncles and aunts, and 2% for first cousins. One of my dad's uncles was dead because of it. The rest lived with more distant relatives such as uncles and aunts, nephews and nieces or cousins. Gifts from uncles and grandparents were most common, but younger brothers, sisters, aunts and occasionally even cousins featured. See all examples of uncle These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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