nephew

• n. 侄子；外甥

来自希腊语nepos,姐妹的子女，来自PIE*nepot,孙子，孙女，词源同niece.

1. a son of your brother or sister

nephew

nephew: [13] Nephew goes back ultimately to Indo-European *nepōt-, which denoted a range of indirect male descendants, including ‘grandson’ and ‘nephew’. Among its offspring were Greek anepsiós ‘nephew’, Sanskrit nápāt ‘grandson’, Germanic *nebon (source of German neffe and Dutch neef ‘nephew’), and Latin nepōs ‘nephew, grandson’ (source of English nepotism [17], etymologically ‘favouring one’s nephews’).

This passed into Old French as neveu, from which English got nephew (replacing the related native English term neve). The corresponding Indo-European feminine form was *neptī-, which is the ultimate source of English niece.
=> nepotism, niece

nephew (n.)

c. 1300, from Old French neveu (Old North French nevu) "grandson, descendant," from Latin nepotem (nominative nepos) "sister's son, grandson, descendant," in post-Augustan Latin, "nephew," from PIE *nepot- "grandchild," and in a general sense, "male descendant other than son" (cognates: Sanskrit napat "grandson, descendant;" Old Persian napat- "grandson;" Old Lithuanian nepuotis "grandson;" Dutch neef; German Neffe "nephew;" Old Irish nia, genitive niath "son of a sister," Welsh nei). Used in English in all the classical senses until meaning narrowed in 17c., and also as a euphemism for "the illegitimate son of an ecclesiastic" (1580s). The Old English cognate, nefa "nephew, stepson, grandson, second cousin" survived to 16c.

Most of them remind me of the stuff my nephew brings home from the kindergarten.

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Even his nephew can draw as well as Picasso

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I am planning a 25th birthday party for my nephew.

我在为侄子筹划他25岁的生日聚会。

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My nephew, George, has a box but it is always empty.

我外甥乔治有一个存钱罐,可里面老是空空如也.

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He was my wife's nephew.

他是我妻子的侄子.

辞典例句

'My nephew,'said the Marquis, glancing at the supper preparation;'they said he was not arrived.'

“ 我的侄子, ”侯爵瞥了一眼摆好的晚餐,说, “ 他们说他还没有到.”

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She will tend after her niece and nephew for the weekend.

她会在周末照看她的侄子和侄女.

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I'm making a paper lantern for my nephew.

我正在给我侄子做一个纸灯笼.

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He entrusted the task to his nephew.

他把这任务托付给了他的侄儿.

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Has anyone vindicated the forest for the dead man's nephew?

有没有人为死者的侄儿要求那片森林的所有权 呢 ?

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Does hemangioma have good remedial method?

血管瘤有好的治疗方法吗?

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My nephew is a baseball player. He is a catcher.

我的外甥是一名棒球运动员. 他是一名接球员.

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My nephew is just setting out on a career in journalism.

我的侄子刚开始记者生涯.

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He willed his property to his nephew.

他把财产遗赠给了外甥.

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Roger Tsien is the nephew of Qian Xuesen, the Father of Chinese missiles.

钱永健是中国导弹之父钱学森的堂侄.

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My nephew worked his passage to Sydney before the mast.

我的侄儿乘船去悉尼时在船上充当普通水手,打工以抵偿旅费.

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My nephew lives only a stone's throw from my house.

我侄子住得离我家很近.

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Louie is Donald Duck's nephew.

路易是唐老鸭的外甥.

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My nephew found a few dew drops on the Jewish jeweler's jewel.

侄儿发现犹太珠宝商之珠宝上有几滴露珠.

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What class is your nephew in?

你侄子在几班?

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He gave his foolish nephew some seasonable advice.

他给他那些愚笨的侄子一些及时的劝告.

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My nephew is a football player.

我外甥是个足球运动员.

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His nephew liked a logical argument, even about illogical things.

他的侄子喜欢逻辑争论, 即使是关于毫无逻辑的事情.

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He entrusted the task to his nephew.

他把这任务托付给了他的侄儿。

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"Cut her out of your will," urged his nephew.

“把她从你的遗嘱中删去，”他的侄子催促道。

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Last month a shopkeeper's nephew was shot dead.

上个月一名店主的侄子被枪杀了。

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He pays too much heed these days to my nephew Tom, and Tom is no great thinker.

他最近过分重视我侄子汤姆的话了，而汤姆根本不是什么伟大的思想家。

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She has a nephew who is just ten years of age.

她有一个才10岁的侄子。

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