grandmother是什么意思？

grandmother

英[ˈgrænmʌðə(r)] 美[ˈɡrændˌmʌðɚ, ˈɡræn-]

• n. （外）祖母，老奶奶，女祖先；
• vt. 当…的祖母；
• vi. 当祖母；

复数：grandmothers;

例句

• My grandmother died of grief soon after her husband's death. 祖父去世不久, 祖母就因悲伤过度而死了。
• She farmed out the baby with her grandmother and went to work in town. 她把婴孩给祖母抚养, 自己到城里去工作了。
• This ring was handed on from my great-grandmother. 这枚戒指是我的曾祖母传下来的。
• My grandmother’s pushing eighty but she’s as fit as ever. 我的祖母快八十岁了，不过她还像以前那么硬朗。
• This ring has come down from my great-grandmother. 这只戒指是我曾祖母传下来的。
• The manager released him to return to his native town to visit his grandmother who was ill in bed. 经理准许他休假回老家探视染病在床的祖母。
• My grandmother tends to go to bed early every day. 我祖母每天通常比较早睡。
• Grandmother sat nodding by the fire. 祖母坐在火炉旁打瞌睡。
• His grandmother spoiled him. 他的祖母把他宠坏了。
• The brooch is a family heirloom which came down to her from her great-grandmother. 这枚胸针是她家的传家宝，是从她曾祖母那一代传到她手中的。

词组

• teach one's grandmother to suck eggs
  presume to advise a more experienced person 班门弄斧，多此一举

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-FAMILY
  （外）祖母；奶奶；外婆
  Your grandmother is the mother of your father or mother.
  例句
  My grandmothers are both widows. 我奶奶和外婆都是孤寡一人。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  (外)祖母
  Her grandmother is still alive. 她的祖母仍然健在。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the mother of your father or mother