grandfather

grandfather

['grænd.fɑ:ðə]

n. (外)祖父

例句与用法:

When their grandfather died a great sadness filled their lives.

当他们的祖父去世时,巨大的悲伤笼罩了他们的生活。

His grandfather is nearly seventy.

他爷爷快七十岁了。

Although his grandfather was a nobleman, he was very poor.

尽管他的祖父是贵族,他却非常穷困。

His grandfather gave her an earthenware bowl.

他的祖父给了她一个陶碗。

A parent of one's mother or father; a grandmother or grandfather.

祖父母,外祖父母某人母亲或父亲的父母; 祖母、外祖母或祖父、外祖父

Grandfather was in the trenches during the First War.

在第一次世界大战中,我祖父驻守在法国北部前线。

My maternal grandfather is coming.

我的外祖父要来了。

His grandfather passed away last year.

他的祖父去年去世了。

词形变化:

动词过去式: grandfathered | 动词过去分词: grandfathered | 动词现在分词: grandfathering | 动词第三人称单数: grandfathers |


n.[C]

1. 祖父; 外祖父

My grandfather arrived in New York after the Civil War.

我祖父在南北战争之后来到纽约。

2. 老祖宗

The church supper is the grandfather of the country club.

教堂的晚餐聚会是乡间俱乐部的前身。

3. 老先生, 老大爷; 老年人

4. 老爷钟(落地式大时钟)

5. 【美】【俚】高年级学生

vt.

不受新条例, 新规定限制

The city passed an ordinance restricting the size of advertising signs, but grandfathered all those signs erected before 1992.

该城市通过了限制广告招牌大小的条例, 但是一九九二年以前竖立的招牌不在此限。


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