Grandfather
['græn(d)fɑːðə] or ['græn'fɑðɚ]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent.
胡安編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Grandsire, grandpapa.
博妮塔校對
例句/造句/用法:
- And you, last night, thinking about how you and your grandfather were so terrific and your father was a coward. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Darwin's father was remarkable for his powers of observation, while the grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, is well known for his tendency to speculation . 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The broken-spirited, old, maternal grandfather was likewise subject to the little tyrant. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I will draw a sight draft on my grandfather, I said. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- My own small income (I devoutly wish that my grandfather had left it to the Ocean rather than to me! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Handle it freely, was Grandfather's expression. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Grandfather Smallweed inquires, slowly rubbing his legs. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- She wished Beth could hear him, but she did not say so, only praised him till he was quite abashed, and his grandfather came to his rescue. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- That was no more than you ought to have done, for your grandfather's sake. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- How is your grandfather? 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- These encomiums bring them to Mount Pleasant and to Grandfather Smallweed's house. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Grandfather Smallweed looks hard after the tea as it is served out and asks Judy where the girl is. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- His aunt had shown her inclination; perhaps his grandfather himself, they hinted, might be disposed to be reconciled to him. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- She peeped into her grandfather's room, through which the fresh autumn air was blowing from the open window. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Does not this pierce your grandfather's territory? 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- The principal crop is corn, and they raise it and grind it just as their great-great-great-grandfathers did. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- In America the people are absolutely wiser and know much more than their grandfathers did. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
吉米編輯