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grandfather

英 ['græn(d)fɑːðə] 美['græn'fɑðɚ]

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n. 祖父；始祖
vt. 不受新规定限制

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复数: grandfathers;

英英释意

1. the father of your father or mother

英文词源

grandfather (n.): early 15c., from grand- + father (n.), probably on analogy of French grand-père. Replaced grandsire and Old English ealdefæder. Grandfather clause originally (1899) referred to exemptions from post-Reconstruction voting restrictions (literacy, property tax) in the U.S. South for men whose forebears had had the right to vote before 1867 (thus allowing poor and illiterate whites to continue to vote). Grandfather clock is from 1894, originally grandfather's clock (1876), "a furniture dealer's name" [OED] from "My Grandfather's Clock," the 1876 song by Henry Clay Work that was enormously popular (and loathed) in late 1870s. It indicates that they were beginning to seem old-fashioned; they were previously known as tall case clocks or eight-day clocks.

考试真题

My grandfather and father did not have much capital and our customers didn't have much money, either.

My grandfather served in World War II, and I hope to be just like him someday.

If you tell an acquaintance you are a grandfather who recently lost his wife and who does volunteer work on weekends, several elements of your self-image are bought to light — the roles of grandparent, widower and conscientious citizen.

What are you going to do with the old house you are in heritage from your grandfather?

My grandfather spoke of his greatest fear, that of leaving the only home they had known for the past 60 years.

My grandfather still plays tennis now and then, even though he's in his nineties.

My/his/the grandfather is still busy doing meaningful things.

Six days a week, up and down the red hills of northeast georgia, my grandfather brought the mail to the folks there.

实用场景例句

His grandfather was a professor.: 他的爷爷曾是一名教授。

Get me confirmation on the first available flight.: 替我确定最优先的班机.

Grandfather is quite old and a bit hunchbacked.: 祖父年纪大了,背有点驼.

His grandfather is a geographer.: 他的祖父是一位地理学家.

My grandfather is in his anecdotage.: 我的祖父已年老.

Grandfather was an austere man, very strict with his children.: 祖父是个严厉的人, 对子女要求非常严格.

The boy took the watch given by his grandfather to school for show.: 男孩把他祖父给他的表拿到学校去炫耀.

Gerald's grandfather is a shoemaker.: 杰拉尔德的祖父是一个鞋匠.

My grandfather died yesterday evening.: 爷爷昨晚老了.

The grandfather had assembled all the members of the family for the annual picnic.: 祖父把一家人聚在一起进行一年一度的野餐.

His grandfather was a fine raconteur.: 他的祖父是位很好讲故事的人.

The father called the baby John after his grandfather.: 父亲以祖父的名字约翰来给这个婴儿命名.

I cannot forgive myself for not seeing my grandfather before he died.: 祖父临终前我未去看他,为此我永远不会原谅我自己.

The boy was named Tom after his grandfather.: 这小孩按他祖父的名字被起名为汤姆.

His grandfather is a devout Buddhist.: 他的爷爷是一个虔诚的佛教徒.

The boy is named for [ after ] his grandfather.: 这男孩是以祖父的名字起名儿的.

We get Grandfather up as Father Christmas.: 我们把爷爷装扮成圣诞老人.

My grandfather mentioned me in his will.: 我祖父在遗嘱里提到了我.

Her grandfather is an invalid.: 她的祖父是一个残疾人.

Grandfather spoke with a thick Scottish brogue.: 祖父说话带有很重的苏格兰土腔.

His grandfather has been dead a long time.: 他爷爷早就不在了.

My grandfather was very Victorian.: 我的祖父非常传统。

I had a close relationship with my grandfather.: 我和爷爷很亲。

Their grandfather had left his village in order to escape the grinding poverty.: 为了摆脱贫困的煎熬，他们的祖父离开了村子。

Charles displays unreserved admiration for his grandfather.: 查尔斯从不掩饰他对祖父的景仰。

His grandfather was a Muslim cleric.: 他的祖父是一名穆斯林阿訇。

My grandfather was secretary of the Scottish Miners' Union.: 我的祖父是苏格兰矿工工会干事。

Grandfather set them up in a liquor business.: 爷爷资助他们经营酒业。

Her maternal grandfather was Mayor of Karachi.: 她的外公是卡拉奇市的市长。

My grandfather was a butcher.: 我祖父是个屠夫。

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