uncle

名词 n. 动词 v. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义
发音 ŭngʹkəl

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
    — And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed.
  2. The male cousin of one’s parent.
  3. Used as a fictive kinship title for a close male friend of one's parent or parents. endearing
  4. Used as a title for the male companion to one's (usually unmarried) parent. euphemistic
  5. A source of advice, encouragement, or help. figuratively
  6. A pawnbroker. UK,dated,informal
    — December 1843, William Makepeace Thackeray, "Grant in Paris" (review), in Fraser's Magazine A chain hangs out of the pocket of his velvet waistcoat , by which we may conclude that he has a watch , though we have known many gents whose watches were at their uncle's (as the fashionable term for the pawnbroker goes)
  7. An affectionate term for a man of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin. especially
  8. An older African-American male. Southern-US,archaic,slang
    — Plain old uncle as he [Socrates] was, with his great ears, — an immense talker.
  9. Any middle-aged or elderly man older than the speaker and/or listener. Brunei,Malaysia,Myanmar,Singapore,informal
动词 v.
  1. To address somebody by the term uncle. colloquial,transitive
  2. To act like, or as, an uncle. colloquial,intransitive
    — Betelgeuse Five, where he both fathered and uncled Ford
感叹词 intj.
  1. A cry used to indicate surrender. US,colloquial

词形变化

uncles plural uncles present,singular,third-person uncling participle,present uncled participle,past uncled past

词汇关系

近义词
eam eme nuncle uncley unclie uncly
反义词
aunt niece nephew boy aunty
上位词
auncle pibling
下位词
bruncle co-uncle cousin-uncle double uncle granduncle great-granduncle great-uncle guncle half-uncle maternal half-uncle paternal half-uncle step-uncle uncle-in-law
衍生词
agony uncle auncle Bob is your uncle Bob's your uncle Bob's your uncle and Fanny's your aunt bruncle co-uncle cousin-uncle cry ~ holler ~ double uncle Dutch uncle everybody and his uncle everybody and their uncle everyone and his uncle everyone and their uncle funcle granduncle great-granduncle great-uncle guncle half-uncle if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle if my uncle had tits, he'd be my aunt I'll be a monkey's uncle maternal half-uncle maternal uncle my sainted uncle nuncle paternal half-uncle paternal uncle Robert is your uncle Robert's your uncle second uncle step-uncle taxi uncle unc unclecide uncledom Uncle Festerman unclefucker unclehood uncle-in-law Uncle Joe uncleless unclely Uncle Ned uncle or aunt Uncle Sam Uncle Scrooge uncleship Uncle Shmuel Uncle Sugar Uncle Tom Uncle Tomahawk Uncle Whiskers uncley unclie uncly unclish say uncle
相关词
avuncular uncular avunculate avunculicide avunculism avunculocal

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os
Latin avunculus
Old French unclebor.
Middle English uncle
English uncle
From Middle English uncle, borrowed from Anglo-Norman uncle and Old French oncle, from Vulgar Latin *aunclum, from Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”, literally “little grandfather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₂-n-tlo- (“little grandfather”), a dialectal diminutive of *h₂éwh₂ō (“grandfather, adult male relative other than one’s father”) (whence also Latin avus (“grandfather”)). Displaced native Middle English em (“uncle”) from Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”), containing the same Proto-Indo-European root, and Old English fædera (“paternal uncle”). Compare Saterland Frisian Unkel (“uncle”), Dutch nonkel (“uncle”), German Low German Unkel (“uncle”), German Onkel (“uncle”), Danish onkel (“uncle”). More at eam and eame.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os
Latin avunculus
Old French unclebor.
Middle English uncle
English uncle
From Middle English uncle, borrowed from Anglo-Norman uncle and Old French oncle, from Vulgar Latin *aunclum, from Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”, literally “little grandfather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₂-n-tlo- (“little grandfather”), a dialectal diminutive of *h₂éwh₂ō (“grandfather, adult male relative other than one’s father”) (whence also Latin avus (“grandfather”)). Displaced native Middle English em (“uncle”) from Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”), containing the same Proto-Indo-European root, and Old English fædera (“paternal uncle”). Compare Saterland Frisian Unkel (“uncle”), Dutch nonkel (“uncle”), German Low German Unkel (“uncle”), German Onkel (“uncle”), Danish onkel (“uncle”). More at eam and eame.
词源 3
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os
Latin avunculus
Old French unclebor.
Middle English uncle
English uncle
From Middle English uncle, borrowed from Anglo-Norman uncle and Old French oncle, from Vulgar Latin *aunclum, from Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”, literally “little grandfather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₂-n-tlo- (“little grandfather”), a dialectal diminutive of *h₂éwh₂ō (“grandfather, adult male relative other than one’s father”) (whence also Latin avus (“grandfather”)). Displaced native Middle English em (“uncle”) from Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”), containing the same Proto-Indo-European root, and Old English fædera (“paternal uncle”). Compare Saterland Frisian Unkel (“uncle”), Dutch nonkel (“uncle”), German Low German Unkel (“uncle”), German Onkel (“uncle”), Danish onkel (“uncle”). More at eam and eame.
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