avuncular

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /əˈvʌŋkjʊlə/    美 /əˈvʌŋkjʊlɚ/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. In the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle.
    — Both uncle Frank and uncle Stephen Austen had made it a point of principle to be rigorously unsentimental in the discharge of their avuncular obligations.
  2. Kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant. broadly
    — But Jackson had an avuncular feeling for the two younger men and he assumed it was his duty to pull them from their gloom.

词形变化

more avuncular comparative most avuncular superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
avuncularism avuncularity avuncularly unavuncular uncular
相关词
avunculate Dutch uncle

词源

From Medieval Latin avunculāris, from Classical Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”) + -āris (“-ar”).
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