the brother of one's father or mother or the husband of one's aunt 叔父;伯父;舅舅;姨夫;姑父 ■(informal)an unrelated older male friend, especially of a child (非正式)叔叔;伯伯 ■(archaic, informal)a pawnbroker (古,非正式)当铺老板
常用词组 cry (或 say 或 yell) uncle
(N. Amer. Informal)surrender or admit defeat (北美, 非正式)投降;讨饶
Uncle Tom Cobley (或 Cobleigh) and all
(Brit. informal)used to denote a long list of people (英,非正式)表示一长串人名单
语源
Middle English: from Old French oncle, from late Latin aunculus, alteration of Latin avunculus 'maternal uncle' (see avuncular)