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；（尤指举止态度）像叔伯的；与叔、伯、舅有关的
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.
他的面部会不时的抽搐，而且长久以来一直受到口吃的困扰，正是这些才帮他将谎言隐藏在他那温和慈祥长辈的形象下面。 - 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.
他五十多岁看着像个伯父，头顶光光，修的完美的梯形胡须一直散到嘴角。 - 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，人们将吐温看作“不卖炸鸡的桑德斯上校，善于讲故事的慈祥大伯，”这是“马克·吐温这一生”的作者荣·鲍厄斯在电话采访中说的话。 - 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
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- avuncular affection 似叔伯之爱
- avuncular marriage 舅父甥女婚
- avuncular index 叔伯指数
- avuncular inheritance 舅甥继承
- avuncular avoidance 甥舅回避
短语
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.