avuncular
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [??v??.kj?.l?r]
- 美式音標(biāo) [??v??.kj?.l?]
- 國際音標(biāo) [?'v??kjul?]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- adj.叔伯的；（尤指舉止態(tài)度）像叔伯的；與叔、伯、舅有關(guān)的
詞根記憶
- av(女方) + uncul(叔，伯) + ar→女方的叔伯→伯(叔)父的
英漢例句
- Only his facial twitches and the ghost of an old stammer gave the lie to his calm, avuncular image.
他的面部會(huì)不時(shí)的抽搐，而且長久以來一直受到口吃的困擾，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面。 - 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.
他五十多歲看著像個(gè)伯父，頭頂光光，修的完美的梯形胡須一直散到嘴角。 - 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，善于講故事的慈祥大伯，”這是“馬克·吐溫這一生”的作者榮·鮑厄斯在電話采訪中說的話。 - 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(quán)威例句
詞組短語
- avuncular affection 似叔伯之愛
- avuncular marriage 舅父甥女婚
- avuncular index 叔伯指數(shù)
- avuncular inheritance 舅甥繼承
- avuncular avoidance 甥舅回避
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.