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uncle

/uhng-kuhl/US // ˈʌŋ kəl //UK // (ˈʌŋkəl) //

叔叔,舅舅,叔父,大叔

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a brother of one's father or mother.
    • : an aunt's husband.
    • : a familiar title or term of address for any elderly man.
    • : Slang. a pawnbroker.
    • : Informal. Uncle Sam.
    • : a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter U.

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Examples

  • His mother took him and his two siblings to live with their uncle, John Mercer, a wealthy lawyer who owned one of the largest libraries in Virginia.

  • Moreno publicly criticized Mariela Castro after she evoked her to defend the 1959 Cuban revolution that brought her uncle, Fidel Castro, to power.

  • According to Thurmond’s testimony, Ellis and Montgomery’s uncle, James Timothy Norman, met at a club where she danced and were previously intimate.

  • It was her uncle, Alfredo, who sold me our place nearly 20 years ago.

  • The ruse was up when the family moved back to Nigeria, and Oyelowo saw that many of his uncles had the same marks.

  • Same with my uncle and cousins when their planes landed from Vietnam.

  • The young Jordanian pilot comes from a well-known military family in the kingdom and his uncle is a retired major general.

  • It reminds me of an uncle of mine who said the London Blitz was irritating.

  • The uncle told RTL radio Hauchard called his grandmother, ostensibly from Syria, on Nov. 2, for her birthday.

  • Kim Jong Un, who assumed power on the death of his father, had given uncle Jang nearly free rein to handle relations with Beijing.

  • The strains of the syren at last woke her uncle, and brought back Miss Hood, who suggested that it was late.

  • “It means, my dear, that the Dragoons and the 60th will have to teach these impudent rebels a much-needed lesson,” said her uncle.

  • He could not bear to open his dreadful situation to his Uncle David, nor to kill himself, nor to defy the vengeance of Longcluse.

  • Out gets Uncle David, looking brown and healthy after his northern excursion.

  • Uncle David nodded, and waved his hand, as on entering the door he gave them a farewell smile over his shoulder.