uncle
英 ['ʌŋk(ə)l]
美 ['ʌŋkl]
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uncle 叔舅缩写自拉丁语avunculus, 叔舅，av-,祖父，词源同atavism,avuncular, -uncul, 小词后缀，词源同homunculus, molecule。即小祖父，引申词义叔叔，舅舅。
- uncle
- uncle: [13] Uncle comes via Anglo-Norman uncle and late Latin aunculus from Latin avunculus ‘mother’s brother, maternal uncle’ (source also of English avuncular [19]). This was a diminutive noun derived from the prehistoric base *aw- ‘grandparent’, and it has relatives in Latin avus ‘grandfather’, Welsh ewythr ‘uncle’, Polish wuj ‘uncle’, Armenian hav ‘uncle’, etc.
=> avuncular - uncle (n.)
- late 13c., from Old French oncle, from Latin avunculus "mother's brother" ("father's brother" was patruus), literally "little grandfather," diminutive of avus "grandfather," from PIE root *awo- "grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father" (cognates: Armenian hav "grandfather," Lithuanian avynas "maternal uncle," Old Church Slavonic uji "uncle," Welsh ewythr "uncle").
Replaced Old English eam (usually maternal; paternal uncle was fædera), which represents the Germanic form of the root (cognates: Dutch oom, Old High German oheim "maternal uncle," German Ohm "uncle").
Also from French are German, Danish, Swedish onkel. As a familiar title of address to an old man, attested by 1793; in the U.S. South, especially "a kindly title for a worthy old negro" [Century Dictionary]. First record of Dutch uncle (and his blunt, stern, benevolent advice) is from 1838; Welsh uncle (1747) was the male first cousin of one's parent. To say uncle as a sign of submission in a fight is North American, attested from 1909, of uncertain signification.
- 1. Auntie Hilda and Uncle Jack couldn't fuss over them enough.
- 希尔达姨妈和杰克姨父对他们宠爱有加。
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- 2. Uncle Richard intoned a chapter from the Bible and improvised a prayer.
- 理查德叔叔吟诵了《圣经》中的一章，又即兴作了一段祈祷文。
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- 3. There's been no trace of my aunt and uncle.
- 没有我姑姑、姑夫的踪迹。
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- 4. Auntie and Uncle suggested she serve in the shop.
- 阿姨和叔叔建议她去商店工作。
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- 5. Uncle Herbert never argued, never spoke up for himself.
- 赫伯特叔叔从不与人争吵，也从不为自己辩护。
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