grandparent

英 [ˈɡrænpeərənt]

美 [ˈɡrænperənt]

n.  祖父; 祖母; 外祖父; 外祖母

复数：grandparents　

中考高考

Oxford 3000 / Collins.1 / BNC.7634 / COCA.4679

牛津词典

noun

• 祖父；祖母；外祖父；外祖母
  the father or mother of your father or mother
  1. The children are staying with their grandparents.
     孩子们与祖父母住在一起。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （外）祖父母
  Yourgrandparentsare the parents of your father or mother.
  1. Tammy was raised by her grandparents.
     塔米是爷爷奶奶抚养大的。

英英释义

noun

• a parent of your father or mother

双语例句

• The members of an extended family are related by blood ( grandparent, parents, children, brothers, sisters, etc.) or by marriage ( husbands, wives, mothers-in-law, etc).
  大家庭的成员由血缘（祖父母、父母、孩子、兄弟、姐妹等）或婚姻（丈夫、妻子、婆婆等）联系起来。
• Many are being raised by a single parent or grandparent.
  很多都是由单亲或是祖父母抚养长大。
• Or you might hear about a grandparent that no one wants to talk to because no one likes him.
  偶尔你会听说他们不喜欢他们的（外）祖父母，也不想和他们说话。
• My dad learns how to be a good grandparent.
  我爸爸也学会了怎么做个好爷爷。
• Ask a grandparent about their childhood.
  向你的祖父母打听他们的童年。
• My grandparent's parents are my great-grandparents. In the long distant past, our ancestors depended on handmade tools mostly.
  我祖父母的父母是我的曾祖父母在遥远的过去，我们的祖先主要是依靠手工工具。表示时间的距离。
• I used to live with my grandparent, but I have my own home now.
  我过去与祖父母住在一起，但现在我有自己的家了。
• Tammy was raised by her grandparents.
  塔米是爷爷奶奶抚养大的。
• A natural fear of nuclear war; natural immunity; a grandparent's natural affection for a grandchild.
  对核战争的自然的恐惧；自然免疫；祖父母对孙子女的自然的疼爱。
• Everyone would save a sibling, grandparent or close friend rather than a strange dog.
  每个人都会救自己的兄弟姐妹、爷爷奶奶或亲密好友，而不会救一只陌生的狗。