| 单词 | uncle-given |
| 释义 | > as lemmasuncle-given C1. Appositive, as uncle devil, uncle father, uncle guardian, uncle marquis. Also instrumental, as uncle-given adj. ΚΠ 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 377 My Vncle-father, and Aunt-mother, are deceaued. View more context for this quotation 1638 J. Ford Fancies ii. 22 Our great Uncle Marquesse, Disabled from his Cradle. 1789 M. Madan in New & Literal Transl. Juvenal & Persius II. 292 The relish or savour of morose uncle-guardians. 1828 Lights & Shades Eng. Life I. 27 At the very first uncle-given dinner. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 93 Any leg or arm I saw that uncle devil pulling out to place within reach of the crocodiles. 1915 North Amer. Rev. July 88 In his chamber are waxen figures of his mother Gerutha, and his uncle-father, Fengo. 1998 S. Dingo Dingo v. 48 Dingo Jim had come to visit his good friend Charlie, Dora's uncle-father, and once he found work, Ulie had followed behind. 2012 B. Ayres Life & Wks. of Augusta Jane Evans Wilson 268 Once she turned 18, her uncle guardian, an atheist and a naturalist, took her with him on his travels. < as lemmas |
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