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grandfather

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n.祖父,始祖

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

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grandfather


ns
1 father or mother of either of one's parents (外)祖父或(外)祖母. =>App
8 见附录8.
2 (idm 习语) teach one's grandmother to suck eggs => teach. `grandfather clock clock worked by weights in a tall wooden case 落地式大摆钟.

grandfather


n[C]
the father of your father or mother
1. When I was a boy, my grandfather told me how a German taxi driver,
    当我是个孩子的时候,我祖父给我讲了一位德国出租汽车司机弗朗兹。

2. The instrument was bought by my grandfather many years ago.
    是我祖父在很多年以前买的。

3. This great-grandfather, the toodle inventor, had three daughters:
    这位发明芥末筒的外曾祖父有三个女儿:

4. His grandfather must now be getting on for eighty.
    他祖父现在一定快八十岁了。

5. He met up with my great-grandfather on my mother's side, who introduced him to the toodle, and before long, people were coming to his shop for sandwiches more than they were coming for meat.
    他偶然碰到了我的外曾祖父,知道了芥末筒这东西。没过多久,到他的店里来买三明治的人比来买肉的人更多了。

6. After my grandfather died, my grandmother lived, more than ever, through her children.
    外公死后,外婆比以往更加依赖她的孩子们。

7. She doesn't know this, but it was Camels that my father, her grandfather, smoked.
    她不知道我父亲、也就是她外公生前抽的就是骆驼牌香烟。

8. She told me a story about my grandfather, Ren Li Ling's son, who left Beijing to go to college in Taiwan.
    她给我讲了一个我外公--任丽玲儿子的故事,他离开北京到台湾去上大学。

9. She told me of my grandfather's devotion to his own children, and how difficult it was for him to send his daughter to America for her education, fearing that same separation (分离).
    她给我讲了我外公对他自己的孩子的爱,对他来说送女儿去美国受教育有多困难!他害怕发生与他和他母亲一样的分离。

10. Soon after that, her family moved to Canada, where she met my grandfather.
    那以后不久,她们全家移居加拿大,在那儿,她认识了我外公。

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