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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- uncle
['^ŋkl]
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1.
noun
[c]
(father's older brother) 伯父
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2.
noun
(father's younger brother) 叔父
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3.
noun
(father's sister's husband) 姑父
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4.
noun
(mother's brother) 舅父
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5.
noun
(mother's sister's husband) 姨父
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- uncle
[ 'ʌŋkl]
[ 'ʌŋkl]
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1.
noun
伯父;叔父;舅父
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How do you feel about becoming an uncle?
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你觉得当叔叔的感觉怎么样?
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2.
noun
姑丈;姨丈
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3.
[verbal]
伯伯;叔叔;大伯;大叔(对非亲属的长者的称呼)
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4.
[old-fashioned]
[slang]
开当铺者;当铺老板
Collins English-English Dictionary
- uncle
['^ŋkəl]
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1.
n
a brother of one's father or mother
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2.
n
the husband of one's aunt
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3.
n
a term of address sometimes used by children for a male friend of their parents
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4.
n
[slang]
a pawnbroker
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5.
n
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French oncle, from Latin avunculus; related to Latin avus grandfather
Examples
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My uncle arrived here this afternoon on a surprise visit.
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今天下午,我叔叔突然来看我。
→ surprise
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How do you feel about becoming an uncle?
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你觉得当叔叔的感觉怎么样?
→ uncle
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Give uncle a wave goodbye, he's leaving.
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快和叔叔挥手道别,叔叔要走了。
→ wave
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My uncle was the sports manager of a football team.
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我叔叔曾是一支球队的经理。
→ manager
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My uncle is six feet tall.
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我叔叔有六英尺高。
→ six
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I got a letter from my uncle today.
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我今天收到了舅舅的一封信。
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My uncle Philip had very skillfully made a concealed trap-door.
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我叔叔菲利普用他高超的技术做了一扇隐蔽的地板门。
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his maternal uncle
→ maternal
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his uncle is chairman of the company, so he has quite a lot of pull
→ pull
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二伯伯
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second uncle
→ 伯伯
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