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单词 great-uncle
释义
great-uncle
noun[C]
uk
/ˌɡreɪt ˈʌŋ.kəl/us
/ˌɡreɪt ˈʌŋ.kəl/
anuncleofyourfatherormother:
伯祖；叔祖；舅公；姑公；姨公
He hadinheritedthebusinessfrom a great-uncle.他从一个舅公那里继承了这门生意。
Great-uncle Andrew安德鲁叔祖
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
your relatives
  • relativeAll my relatives gather every year for a family reunion.
  • extended familyHe has a very large extended family.
  • relationShe is a distant relation of his, though I don't quite remember how.
  • kinHe remained true to his kin.
  • mother's/father's side (of the family)I have aunts and uncles on my mother's side of the family.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Family: relations in general
  • anti-family
  • aunt
  • auntie
  • baby daddy
  • biologically
  • father
  • fatherhood
  • filial
  • first cousin
  • fraternal
  • kinsman
  • kinswoman
  • kith and kin
  • long-lost
  • loved one
  • relative
  • removed
  • second cousin
  • sib
  • sibling
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(Definition ofgreat-unclefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgreat-uncle

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They are in fact grand-nephew andgreat-uncle.
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I first came across the problem as a child when agreat-unclewas taken ill and went blind.
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I grew up with my mum, my dad, my grandma, my grand-dad, mygreat-uncleand two sisters.
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They asked mygreat-unclethat.
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His roles ranged from father, uncle,great-uncle, grandfather, police officer, police commissioner, courtroom judge and doctor.
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The same condition affected their maternal grandfather andgreat-uncle.
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Mygreat-uncleentertained many of his neighbors and friends there.
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Under the guardianship of hisgreat-uncle, he enjoyed an excellent education.
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That is when you inherited a large sum of money from yourgreat-uncle.
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If she had not married him, hergreat-unclewould have bequeathed her his fortune.
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His great-grandfather and hisgreat-unclehad been hospitalized, and he had marital problems.
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When the twins explore the playhouse, they discover that the properties of time are altered inside, and the playhouse may explain the eccentricities of theirgreat-uncle.
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They had a son, to whom she was great-grandmother; now, as the son of a great-grandmother must be either a grandfather orgreat-uncle, this boy was therefore his own grandfather.
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We all know that in nursery mythology uncles are sometimes supposed to be wicked, but nobody has ever said a word about great-uncles or great-aunts.
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They are for the purpose of including in the clause great-uncles and great-aunts.
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