grandfather 详细解释

grandfather

['grænd.fɑ:ðə]

n. (外)祖父

n.[C]

1. 祖父; 外祖父

My grandfather arrived in New York after the Civil War.

我祖父在南北战争之后来到纽约。

2. 老祖宗

The church supper is the grandfather of the country club.

教堂的晚餐聚会是乡间俱乐部的前身。

3. 老先生, 老大爷; 老年人

4. 老爷钟(落地式大时钟)

5. 【美】【俚】高年级学生

vt.

不受新条例, 新规定限制

The city passed an ordinance restricting the size of advertising signs, but grandfathered all those signs erected before 1992.

该城市通过了限制广告招牌大小的条例, 但是一九九二年以前竖立的招牌不在此限。

词形变化

动词过去式: grandfathered | 动词过去分词: grandfathered | 动词现在分词: grandfathering | 动词第三人称单数: grandfathers |

词义辨析

同义参见:

relative  

反义:

n.(外)祖父

grandmother  

英英释义

名词 grandfather:

the father of your father or mother

同义词：gramps, granddad, grandad, granddaddy, grandpa

补充

grandfathergrandfather英:[ˈɡrændˌfɑ:ðə] 美:[ˈɡrændˌfɑðɚ, ˈɡræn-]n.1.(外)祖父His grandfather is a veteran of the Second World War.他的祖父是一位参加过二战的老战士。

例句

1. By comparison with the two newcomers to party leadership, he is the grandfather of the nation.和党的领导层中两位新秀比起来, 他是这个国家的元老。 2. The grandfather of Soviet football had also been mentor to the young Mikhailichenko.这位苏联足球前辈还曾经指点过年轻的米哈伊利琴科。 3. This is the 23rd medical novel by the grandfather of the genre.这是医学小说的创始人所撰写的第23部作品。 4. the grandfather of transpersonal psychology超个人心理学的创始人 5. Aspirin, after all, is the grandfather of all nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.阿司匹林毕竟是所有非甾体消炎剂的鼻祖。 6. His 1962 film, The Manchurian Candidate, is the grandfather of conspiracy thrillers.他于1962年拍摄的电影《谍网迷魂》是阴谋惊悚片的始祖。 7. Freud is often called the grandfather of psychoanalysis.弗洛伊德常被称为心理分析之父。 8. 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。

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