核心畫面
Picture the grown man one step to the side of your parents in the family — your mother's or father's (or your aunt's husband): family, but not your own mum or dad.
可以想成：在家族裡，站在你父母「旁邊那一格」的成年男性——媽媽或爸爸的兄弟，或姑姑阿姨的丈夫。他是長輩、是自家人，但…更多收起
可以想成：在家族裡，站在你父母「旁邊那一格」的成年男性——媽媽或爸爸的兄弟，或姑姑阿姨的丈夫。他是長輩、是自家人，但不是你的爸媽本人。這個「父母同輩的男性親人」就是 uncle 的核心畫面，後面的用法都是從這份親近又長一輩的味道延伸出去的。原始詞典資料13 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Unclenoun
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radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter U.
unclenoun/ˈʌŋ.kl̩/
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The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
- And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed.
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The male cousin of one’s parent.
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Used as a fictive kinship title for a close male friend of one's parent or parents.
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Used as a title for the male companion to one's (usually unmarried) parent.
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A source of advice, encouragement, or help.
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datedinformalA pawnbroker.
- December 1843, William Makepeace Thackeray, "Grant in Paris" (review), in Fraser's Magazine A chain hangs out of the pocket of his velvet waistcoat , by which we may conclude that he has a watch , though we have known many gents whose watches were at their uncle's (as the fashionable term for the pawnbroker goes)
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An affectionate term for a man of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
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archaicslangAn older African-American male.
- Plain old uncle as he [Socrates] was, with his great ears, — an immense talker.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
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informalAny middle-aged or elderly man older than the speaker and/or listener.
uncleintj/ˈʌŋ.kl̩/
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A cry used to indicate surrender.
uncleverb/ˈʌŋ.kl̩/
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To address somebody by the term uncle.
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To act like, or as, an uncle.
- Betelgeuse Five, where he both fathered and uncled Ford
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。