| 单词 | uncle sam |
| 释义 | Uncle SamSEE SYNONYMS FOR Uncle Sam ON THESAURUS.COM nouna personification of the government or people of the U.S.: represented as a tall, lean man with white chin whiskers, wearing a blue tailcoat, red-and-white-striped trousers, and a top hat with a band of stars. Origin of Uncle SamAn Americanism dating back to 1805–15; extension of the initials U.S. Words nearby Uncle Samunclear, Uncle Charlie, uncle-ji, unclench, Uncle Remus, Uncle Sam, Uncle Tom, Uncle Tomism, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Uncle Vanya, uncloak Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Uncle SamUncle Sam nouna personification of the government of the United States Word Origin for Uncle SamC19: apparently a humorous interpretation of the letters stamped on army supply boxes during the War of 1812: US Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Uncle SamUncle Sam A figure who stands for the government of the United States and for the United States itself. Uncle Sam — whose initials are the abbreviation of United States — is portrayed as an old man with a gray goatee who sports a top hat and Stars and Stripes clothing. During World War I and World War II, posters of Uncle Sam exhorted young men to join the armed forces. (Compare John Bull.) The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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