uncle
/ˈʌŋkl/noun
1- the brother of one's father or mother or the husband of one's aunt叔父; 伯父; 舅舅; 姨夫; 姑父。
1.1
- informal an unrelated older male friend, especially of a child〈非正式〉叔叔; 伯伯。
1.2
- archaic, informal a pawnbroker〈古, 非正式〉当铺老板。
短语
cry（或say 或yell） uncle
- N. Amer. Informal surrender or admit defeat〈北美, 非正式〉投降; 讨饶。
Uncle Tom Cobley（或Cobleigh and all）
- Brit. informal used to denote a long list of people〈英, 非正式〉表示一长串人名单。
- ORIGIN: with allusion to the ballad Widdicombe Fair in G. Bantock's One Hundred Songs of England
词源
Middle English: from Old French oncle, from late Latin aunculus, alteration of Latin avunculus 'maternal uncle' （see AVUNCULAR）.