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单词 uncle
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uncle
noun[C]
uk
/ˈʌŋ.kəl/us
/ˈʌŋ.kəl/
A2
thebrotherof someone'smotherorfather, or thehusbandof someone'sauntor uncle:
舅父；伯父；叔父；姨父；姑父
I havelotsof uncles andaunts.我有很多叔叔、舅舅、姑姑和姨妈。
Weinvitedmy Uncle Steve over.我们邀请了我的叔叔史蒂夫过来。
[as form of address]Did youbringme apresent, Uncle Jack?你给我带礼物了吗，杰克叔叔？
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
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.
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Indian English
anymaleadultthat youknowwho isolderthan you:
叔叔，大叔（任何年纪比自己大的成年男性）
JohnUncle约翰大叔
More examples
  • We're going tovisitmyauntand uncle onSunday.
  • Sheinheritedlotsofmoneyfrom her uncle.
  • We went back to Ireland for my uncle'sburial.
  • Istruckup aninterestingconversationwithyouruncle.
  • Her uncletakesapersonalinterestin herprogress.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Family: relations in general
  • anti-family
  • aunt
  • auntie
  • baby daddy
  • biologically
  • father
  • fatherhood
  • filial
  • first cousin
  • fraternal
  • kinship
  • kinsman
  • kinswoman
  • kith and kin
  • long-lost
  • relationship
  • relative
  • removed
  • second cousin
  • sib
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(Definition ofunclefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

uncle| American Dictionary

uncle
noun[C]
us
/ˈʌŋ·kəl/
thebrotherof someone’smotherorfather, or thehusbandof someone’saunt:
Myauntand unclemovedto Arizona when theyretired.
(Definition ofunclefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Four uncles and three aunts had virtually no contact with nieces or nephews and rarely saw any of them.
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Marriage to the niece, or maternal uncle's daughter was permitted and was often considered the ideal marriage.
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Thus disgruntled children could always turn to uncles.
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Accumulators too had fathers and uncles, and had to tread carefully in their dealings with them.
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However, the scientists' brothers were also classified for occupational status together with the scientists' paternal uncles and grandfathers.
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After 1915, he was invited to fill some of his uncle's engagements.
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Until he was 21, he worked alongside his grandfather, father and uncles.
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Both fathers and maternal uncles received some payments when a young woman married.
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Young bachelors worked for their uncles from circumcision until marriage, with time allotted for them to earn wealth for themselves.
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Thus, grandparents were turned to more immediately than aunts or uncles.
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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.
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The approximate risk to other relatives were 6% for half-siblings, 2% for uncles and aunts, and 2% for first cousins.
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One of my dad's uncles was dead because of it.
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The rest lived with more distant relatives such as uncles and aunts, nephews and nieces or cousins.
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Gifts from uncles and grandparents were most common, but younger brothers, sisters, aunts and occasionally even cousins featured.
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