uncle

英 ['ʌŋk(ə)l] 美 ['ʌŋkl]

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解释

n. 叔叔；伯父；伯伯；舅父；姨丈；姑父

※ 提供单词"uncle"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

uncle 叔舅

缩写自拉丁语avunculus, 叔舅，av-,祖父，词源同atavism,avuncular, -uncul, 小词后缀，词源同homunculus, molecule。即小祖父，引申词义叔叔，舅舅。

英文词源

uncle: uncle: [13] Uncle comes via Anglo-Norman uncle and late Latin aunculus from Latin avunculus ‘mother’s brother, maternal uncle’ (source also of English avuncular [19]). This was a diminutive noun derived from the prehistoric base *aw- ‘grandparent’, and it has relatives in Latin avus ‘grandfather’, Welsh ewythr ‘uncle’, Polish wuj ‘uncle’, Armenian hav ‘uncle’, etc.
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uncle (n.): late 13c., from Old French oncle, from Latin avunculus "mother's brother" ("father's brother" was patruus), literally "little grandfather," diminutive of avus "grandfather," from PIE root *awo- "grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father" (cognates: Armenian hav "grandfather," Lithuanian avynas "maternal uncle," Old Church Slavonic uji "uncle," Welsh ewythr "uncle").

Replaced Old English eam (usually maternal; paternal uncle was fædera), which represents the Germanic form of the root (cognates: Dutch oom, Old High German oheim "maternal uncle," German Ohm "uncle").

Also from French are German, Danish, Swedish onkel. As a familiar title of address to an old man, attested by 1793; in the U.S. South, especially "a kindly title for a worthy old negro" [Century Dictionary]. First record of Dutch uncle (and his blunt, stern, benevolent advice) is from 1838; Welsh uncle (1747) was the male first cousin of one's parent. To say uncle as a sign of submission in a fight is North American, attested from 1909, of uncertain signification.

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例句和用法

1. Auntie Hilda and Uncle Jack couldn't fuss over them enough.: 希尔达姨妈和杰克姨父对他们宠爱有加。

2. Uncle Richard intoned a chapter from the Bible and improvised a prayer.: 理查德叔叔吟诵了《圣经》中的一章，又即兴作了一段祈祷文。

3. There's been no trace of my aunt and uncle.: 没有我姑姑、姑夫的踪迹。

4. Auntie and Uncle suggested she serve in the shop.: 阿姨和叔叔建议她去商店工作。

5. Uncle Herbert never argued, never spoke up for himself.: 赫伯特叔叔从不与人争吵，也从不为自己辩护。