grandmother
英['gr?n(d)m?e?]
美['ɡr?nm?e?]
- n. 祖母；女祖先
- vt. 當…的祖母
- vi. 當祖母
詞態變化
復數:?grandmothers;
英文詞源
- grandmother (n.)
- early 15c., from grand- + mother (n.1), probably on analogy of French grand-mère. Replaced earlier grandame (c. 1200) and Old English ealdemodor.
雙語例句
- 1. She looks disconcertingly like a familiar aunt or grandmother.
- 令人疑惑的是，她看上去就像一位面熟的鄰家阿姨或是祖母。
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- 2. Her grandmother had the gift of making people happy.
- 她奶奶有逗人開心的本事。
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- 3. Grandmother felt free to order her about just as she wished.
- 奶奶毫不客氣地隨意支使她。
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- 4. She cast a wry glance in her grandmother's direction.
- 她朝奶奶無可奈何地瞟了一眼。
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- 5. She was forever running errands for her housebound grandmother.
- 她總是在為她不方便外出的祖母跑前跑后。
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