grandfather 词态变化
复数: grandfathers;
grandfather 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.
grandfather 英文释义
- 1. the father of your father or mother
grandfather 双语例句
- 1. He sat listening to the tick of the grandfather clock.
- 他坐在那儿，听着落地式大摆钟嘀嗒作响。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. My great-grandfather was a person of some importance here.
- 我曾祖父曾是这儿的头面人物。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. My great-grandfather made horseshoes and nails and what have you.
- 我曾祖父打制马掌、铁钉等诸如此类的东西。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Her great-grandfather had clearly been a dedicated and stoical traveller.
- 她的曾祖父显然是一位非常投入而且坚忍不拔的旅行爱好者。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Adam spent a lot of time in his grandfather's office.
- 亚当经常呆在他祖父的办公室里。
来自柯林斯例句
grandfather 实用场景例句
- His grandfather was a professor.
- 他的爷爷曾是一名教授。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Get me confirmation on the first available flight.
- 替我确定最优先的班机.
期刊摘选
- Grandfather is quite old and a bit hunchbacked.
- 祖父年纪大了,背有点驼.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- His grandfather is a geographer.
- 他的祖父是一位地理学家.
《简明英汉词典》
- My grandfather is in his anecdotage.
- 我的祖父已年老.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- Gerald's grandfather is a shoemaker.
- 杰拉尔德的祖父是一个鞋匠.
《简明英汉词典》
- My grandfather died yesterday evening.
- 爷爷昨晚老了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- His grandfather was a fine raconteur.
- 他的祖父是位很好讲故事的人.
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- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- The boy was named Tom after his grandfather.
- 这小孩按他祖父的名字被起名为汤姆.
《简明英汉词典》
- His grandfather is a devout Buddhist.
- 他的爷爷是一个虔诚的佛教徒.
《简明英汉词典》
- The boy is named for [ after ] his grandfather.
- 这男孩是以祖父的名字 起名 儿的.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- We get Grandfather up as Father Christmas.
- 我们把爷爷装扮成圣诞老人.
《简明英汉词典》
- My grandfather mentioned me in his will.
- 我祖父在遗嘱里提到了我.
《简明英汉词典》
- Her grandfather is an invalid.
- 她的祖父是一个残疾人.
《简明英汉词典》
- Grandfather spoke with a thick Scottish brogue.
- 祖父说话带有很重的苏格兰土腔.
《简明英汉词典》
- His grandfather has been dead a long time.
- 他爷爷早就不在了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- My grandfather was very Victorian.
- 我的祖父非常传统。
柯林斯例句
- I had a close relationship with my grandfather.
- 我和爷爷很亲。
柯林斯例句
- 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。
柯林斯例句
- Charles displays unreserved admiration for his grandfather.
- 查尔斯从不掩饰他对祖父的景仰。
柯林斯例句
- His grandfather was a Muslim cleric.
- 他的祖父是一名穆斯林阿訇。
柯林斯例句
- My grandfather was secretary of the Scottish Miners' Union.
- 我的祖父是苏格兰矿工工会干事。
柯林斯例句
- Grandfather set them up in a liquor business.
- 爷爷资助他们经营酒业。
柯林斯例句
- Her maternal grandfather was Mayor of Karachi.
- 她的外公是卡拉奇市的市长。
柯林斯例句
- My grandfather was a butcher.
- 我祖父是个屠夫。
柯林斯例句
