grandfather

grandfather
noun
  1. the father of one's father or mother
    (外)祖父
    ■the person who founded or originated something
    创办者;创始人
    Freud is often called the grandfather of psychoanalysis.
    弗洛伊德常被称为心理分析之父。
verb
  1. [with obj.](N. Amer. informal)exempt (someone or something) from a new law or regulation
    (北美, 非正式)使(某人,某事)免受新法律(或规定)的限制
    smokers who worked here before the ban have been grandfathered.
    禁令开始之前在这里工作的吸烟者可以不受其限制。
派生
grandfatherly
adjective
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