grandmother 详细解释

grandmother

['grænd.mʌðə]

n. (外)祖母

n.[C]

1. 祖母; 外祖母

Grandmother used to darn her own stockings.

祖母过去总是自己织补袜子。

2. 女祖先

3. 老太太, 可敬的老夫人

词形变化

名词复数：grandmothers

词义辨析

同义参见:

relative  

反义:

n.(外)祖母

grandfather  

英英释义

名词 grandmother:

the mother of your father or mother

同义词：grandma, granny, grannie, gran

短语词组

teach one's grandmother (how) to suck eggs

1. 班门弄斧

He is always telling the director how to run the business; that's like teaching his grandmother to suck eggs.

他老是对总裁说该如何管理业务, 就跟班门弄斧似的。

补充

grandmothergrandmother英:[ˈɡrændˌmʌðə] 美:[ˈɡrændˌmʌðɚ, ˈɡræn-]n.1.(外)祖母Her grandmother is still alive.她的祖母仍然健在。

例句

1. It would have been unthinkable for the grandmother of Europe to have a title inferior to that held by her own daughter.对于一位在欧洲德高望重的老妇人而言, 她的头衔低于其女儿简直不可思议。 2. Undoubtedly, they will award the grandmother of Russian music a standing ovation or two.毫无疑问, 他们会用一或两次长时间起立鼓掌向这位俄罗斯音乐界的女前辈致敬。 3. Betty Friedan, the grandmother of modern feminism, draws derision with her talk of 'elderly liberation'.现代女权运动的创始人贝蒂·弗里丹因其“老年人解放”的言论而引来嘲笑。 4. Alcohol, the grandmother of all mood-enhancing drugs, has been a prominent part of human existence for several thousand years.酒是所有提神药物之母, 是几千年来人类生活的重要组成部分。

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