avuncular

UK:  [ə'vʌŋkjʊlə(r)]

US:  [ə'vʌŋkjələr]

adj.

1.叔伯的,似叔伯的

2.〔废语〕当铺的

3.伯父的

1 . He is an avuncular man in his fifties with a hairless pate and a perfect trapezoidal moustache that fans out to the corners of his mouth.
他五十多岁看着像个伯父，头顶光光，修的完美的梯形胡须一直散到嘴角。

2 . In other circumstances it might have seemed an assured, even avuncular performance.
在其它情况下，这也许似乎是一种自信、甚至有着长辈风范的表现。

3 . Arthur Burns was an avuncular , pipe- smoking scholar .
伯恩斯是位成熟的学者，常常叼着烟斗。

4 . The avuncular titan put his arm around her shoulder and assured her that all would be well; she could trust him.
而这个伯父般的巨骗伸手搂着她的肩膀并安慰她说一切都很好；她可以信任他。

5 . No longer was I the avuncular, benevolent doctor-I was a human being.
我不再是一个有威严而仁慈的医生-我是个普通人。