n.(名词)

1. （外）祖母，奶奶，外婆
2. 老奶奶，老太太
3. 可敬的老夫人
4. 祖先，（女性）前辈，女祖先

v.(动词)

1. 娇养，溺爱
2. 悉心照料

n.(名词)

1. [C](外)祖母 father's or mother's mother

Noun:

1. the mother of your father or mother

1.（外）祖母；奶奶；外婆
Yourgrandmother is the mother of your father or mother.

e.g. My grandmothers are both widows.
我奶奶和外婆都是孤寡一人。

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2. 祖母;外祖母：grandma 奶奶;外婆 (4A7) |grandmother 祖母;外祖母 (3B3 ;4B2) | grandpa 爷爷;外公 (5A9)

3. 外祖母：us我们(宾格) |grandmother(外)祖母 | lady女士,夫人

grandmother used to darn her own stockings.

祖母过去总是自己织补袜子。

She helped take care of her aged grandmother.

她帮助照料年迈的祖母。

My grandmothers are both widows.

我奶奶和外婆都是孤寡一人。

The movement rapidly gained ground.

运动进展很快.

Move over and let your grandmother sit down.

挪开些,让你外婆坐下来.

My father often speaks of my grandmother.

我爸爸常常提起我的祖母.

grandmother sat nodding by the fire.

祖母坐在火炉旁打瞌睡.

I've been driving a car for thirty years, so don't teach your grandmother to such eggs.

不要在我面前卖弄,我已经开了30年车了.

I inherited this ring from my grandmother.

我从祖母那里继承了这个戒指.

It was raining. The little girl helped her grandmother forward difficultly.

下雨了, 那个小女孩扶着她的祖母艰难地走着.

My grandmother used to work below stairs as a housemaid when she was young.

我祖母年轻的时候曾当过女佣人.

His grandmother spun him a yarn at the fire.

他奶奶在火炉边给他讲故事.

Her grandmother is still alive.

她的祖母仍然健在.

She'll soon be a grandmother.

她快抱孙子了.

He was brought up by his grandmother.

他是由他奶奶带大的.

My grandmother died of grief soon after her husband's death.

祖父去世不久,祖母就因悲伤过度而死了.

grandmother often nods off during the afternoon.

祖母下午常常打瞌睡.

You can't be so bad. It's to make your grandmother turn in her grave.

你不能如此坏, 那会让你的祖母死不瞑目.

My grandmother has some jewelry made of ivory.

我祖母有一些象牙首饰.

She helped take care of her aged grandmother.

她帮助照料年迈的祖母.

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

他经常告诉主任如何经营, 这岂不是班门弄斧吗?

My grandmother has accomplished the age of 97 years of her life.

我祖母已达97岁高龄.

He often runs errands for his grandmother.

他经常给他的祖母跑腿儿。

She looks disconcertingly like a familiar aunt or grandmother.

令人疑惑的是，她看上去就像一位面熟的邻家阿姨或是祖母。

Her grandmother had the gift of making people happy.

她奶奶有逗人开心的本事。

I was sometimes dumped with my grandmother or left with highly unsuitable au pairs.

有时我被扔给奶奶照看，或者被交给毫无经验的临时保姆。

In her memoirs Naomi is quick to acknowledge that her grandmother was centrally important in her venture as a writer.

娜奥米在她的回忆录里开篇就承认，在她尝试创作的过程中，她的祖母起了非常重要的作用。

The fact that she is not coming today makes her grandmother feel lonely and neglected.

她今天不来，这让她奶奶感到孤独，觉得受了冷落。

Your grandmother has nothing to stop her from being bored, grouchy and lonely.

你奶奶既无聊又孤独，总是没完没了地发牢骚。

Her grandmother mumbled in her sleep.

她祖母含混不清地说着梦话。

The newspaper contacted his grandmother to trace his present address, and later doorstepped him at his home.

报纸联系了他祖母，查到了他现在的住址后便前往登门采访。

1. Her grandmother is still alive.
   她的祖母仍然健在。
2. The old woman is her grandmother.
   那个老太太是她祖母。
3. My grandmother died hard, suffering through a long illness.
   我的祖母是久病而死的,死得很痛苦。
4. Everyone has grandmother.
   每个人都有祖母。
5. She looks like her grandmother very much.
   她长得很像她的外祖母。
6. I miss my grandmother very much.
   我很想念外祖母。

动词+～

• grandmother">miss grandmother想念祖母

形容词+～

• grandmother">great grandmother曾祖母
• grandmother">old grandmother老祖母

保险

grandmother

A：Mygrandmother gets by on (social security/ her pension funds/ charity).
我的祖母靠（社会保险/她的抚恤基金/慈善捐款）过日子。

grandmother的近义词

B：Mine too.
我的祖母也是。

Social Security-(社会保险)

A：Man, they take a lot of our paycheck.
嘿，他们从我的薪水里扣了不少钱哦。

B：Yeah, the government really takes a bite, doesn’t it?
是呀，政府确实扣除不少。

grandmother的意思

A：Seriously. The only tax I don’t mind them taking is social security. It’s only a few dollars every paycheck.
当然。只有社会保险这种税我不介意上交。每回只要从薪水里面扣除几元钱。

B：Yeah, I don’t mind it either. We’ll both end up rich slobs and not need it, but what if we do, you know?
是呀，我也不介意。我们最终肯定不会缺钱也不会需要它，但是如果我们有这个钱的话，你知道？

A：Yeah. It won’t be much, but at least we’ll have a monthly check when we get old.
是呀，虽然不多，但是最少老了以后每个月有一个固定收入。

grandmother在线翻译

B：Yeah. Mygrandmother gets by on social security and the money my grandfather invested when he was alive.
是呀，我祖母就是靠社会保险金和祖父在世时的投资生活。

A：Let’s just hope the politicians don’t figure out a way to spend it.
让我们巴望政治家们不会想着法子把它用掉吧。

B：Really？No, they couldn’t. None of them would have jobs if they did.
真的吗？不，不会的。如果他们这样做了，他们的工作就不保了。

家庭

grandmother是什么意思

A：Tell me about your family, Simon. Are you from a big family?
西蒙，给我们讲讲你们家的事。你来自一个大家庭吗？

B：No, my immediate family is quite small. There are only five of us. My parents, my younger brother and my younger sister. But my parents both come from large families.
不，我们自己的直系家庭相当小，只有五口人，（包括）我的父母，弟弟和妹妹。但是我父母都来自大家庭。

A：How many people are in your extended family?
你的大家庭中有多少人呢？

grandmother

B：There are too many to count. I suppose, well over 100 people.
太多了，数不过来。我想有一百多人吧。

A：Do you get to see your family often?
你常和家里人见过面吗？

B：I see my immediate family every weekend, and I see my extended family about once or twice a year.We usually see each other for Christmas, Easter, and other big celebrations, like weddings.
我每个周末都和直系小家庭成员见面。我一年中能见到其他大家庭的成员一或俩次。我们经常在圣诞节，复活节和其他大的庆祝活动，如婚礼上见面。

A：Have you ever been to a family reunion?
你参加过家庭聚会吗。

B：Actually, I have been to one, but it wasn’t mine! It was one of my friends’. He didn’t want to be theonly boy there, so I went with him to keep him company. This was a long time ago, of course.
我倒是去过一次。但不是我自己家的聚会，是我的一个朋友家的聚会。他不想成为聚会上的唯一男孩，所以我去陪他。当然了，这也是很久以前的事了。

grandmother的翻译

A：Are many of your relative divorced?
你的亲属中有很多人离婚吗？

B：Let me think. I believe it’s just my one uncle. He’s always been a rebel. Mygrandmother was very religious, so most of my relatives were too scared to get divorced!
让我想一下。我想只有我的一个叔叔离了婚。他一直是个叛逆者。我奶奶是个很虔诚的教徒，所以我的大多数亲属都不敢离婚！

A：Do you have any relatives who are single mothers?
你的亲属中有单身母亲吗？

B：I have just one-her father is the one who got divorced. Their family is sort of the black sheep of our extended family.
我只有一个亲属是单身母亲。她的父亲也离了婚。他们家是我们大家庭中的另类。

n.(名词)

1. grandmother的基本意思是“(外)祖母”,指父亲或母亲的母亲。
2. 与grandmother对应的阳性名词是grandfather。

• ☆ 15世纪初期进入英语，由词根grand和mother（母亲）组成。