uncle
n
1
(a) brother of one's father or mother; husband of one's aunt 伯父; 叔父; 舅父; 姑父; 姨父
my uncle Jim 我的吉姆叔叔. =>App 8 見附錄8.
(b) man whose brother or sister has a child 當叔父、 伯父、 舅父、 姑父或姨父的人
Now you're an uncle. 現在你當上叔叔了.
2 (infml 口) (used by children, esp in front of a first name 用作兒語, 尤用於名前) unrelated adult male friend, esp of one's parents 無親戚關系的成年男姓朋友(尤指父母的朋友); 叔叔; 伯伯.
3 (idm 習語) bob's your uncle => bob4. talk like a Dutch uncle => talk2.
?? 考研助記
音“暗扣”: 叔叔把錢藏在衣服的暗扣里 叔叔沒有(un)雌(c)性動物管感覺好快樂(le)
?? 擴展釋義
*[??kl]n. 叔父, 伯父, 姨丈相關詞組: say uncle talk to sb like a Dutch uncle