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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

uncle ['^ŋkl]
  1. 1. noun [c] (father's older brother) 伯父
  2. 2. noun (father's younger brother) 叔父
  3. 3. noun (father's sister's husband) 姑父
  4. 4. noun (mother's brother) 舅父
  5. 5. noun (mother's sister's husband) 姨父

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

uncle [ 'ʌŋkl] [ 'ʌŋkl]
  1. 1. noun 伯父叔父舅父
    How do you feel about becoming an uncle?
    你觉得当叔叔感觉怎么样? 
  2. 2. noun 姑丈姨丈
  3. 3. [verbal] 伯伯叔叔大伯大叔(对非亲属长者称呼
  4. 4. [old-fashioned] [slang] 开当铺者;当铺老板

Collins English-English Dictionary

uncle ['^ŋkəl]
  1. 1. n a brother of one's father or mother
  2. 2. n the husband of one's aunt
  3. 3. n a term of address sometimes used by children for a male friend of their parents
  4. 4. n [slang] a pawnbroker
  5. 5. n [Etymology] C13: from Old French oncle, from Latin avunculus; related to Latin avus grandfather

Examples

My uncle arrived here this afternoon on a surprise visit.
今天下午,我叔叔突然来看我。 surprise
How do you feel about becoming an uncle?
你觉得当叔叔的感觉怎么样?  uncle
Give uncle a wave goodbye, he's leaving.
快和叔叔挥手道别,叔叔要走了。 wave
My uncle was the sports manager of a football team.
我叔叔曾是一支球队的经理。 manager
My uncle is six feet tall.
我叔叔有六英尺高。 six
I got a letter from my uncle today.
我今天收到了舅舅的一封信。
My uncle Philip had very skillfully made a concealed trap-door.
我叔叔菲利普用他高超的技术做了一扇隐蔽的地板门。
his maternal uncle maternal
his uncle is chairman of the company, so he has quite a lot of pull pull
二伯伯
second uncle 伯伯

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