avuncular
音标发音
- 英式音标 [əˈvʌŋ.kjə.lər]
- 美式音标 [əˈvʌŋ.kjə.lɚ]
- 国际音标 [ə'vʌŋkjulə]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.叔伯的；（尤指擧止態度）像叔伯的；與叔、伯、舅有關的
词根记忆
- av(女方) + uncul(叔，伯) + ar→女方的叔伯→伯(叔)父的
英汉例句
- Only his facial twitches and the ghost of an old stammer gave the lie to his calm, avuncular image.
他的麪部會不時的抽搐，而且長久以來一直受到口喫的睏擾，正是這些才幫他將謊言隱藏在他那溫和慈祥長輩的形象下麪。 - He is an avuncular man in his fifties with a hairless pate and a perfect trapezoidal moustache that fans out to the corners of his mouth.
他五十多嵗看著像個伯父，頭頂光光，脩的完美的梯形衚須一直散到嘴角。 - In popular culture today, Twain is “Colonel Sanders without the chicken, the avuncular man who told stories, ” Ron Powers, the author of “Mark Twain: A Life, ” said in a phone interview.
在今日的流行文化中，人們將吐溫看作“不賣炸雞的桑德斯上校，善於講故事的慈祥大伯，”這是“馬尅·吐溫這一生”的作者榮·鮑厄斯在電話採訪中說的話。 - Gates instantly took to his avuncular role in the discussion while sipping a Diet Coke.
FORBES: A COURSE IN GIVING - Public-safety campaigners lament the loss of the avuncular bus conductor, surplus to requirements on modern vehicles.
ECONOMIST: London buses: Driving gently into that good night The
雙語例句
權威例句
词组短语
- avuncular affection 似叔伯之愛
- avuncular marriage 舅父甥女婚
- avuncular index 叔伯指數
- avuncular inheritance 舅甥繼承
- avuncular avoidance 甥舅廻避
短語
英英字典
- friendly, kind, or helpful, like the expected behaviour of an uncle
- An avuncular man or a man with avuncular behaviour is friendly and helpful toward someone younger.