Word · Frequency #8271
gran
祖母；外祖母
the mother of your father or mother
- 1.
n the mother of your father or mother
外祖母；祖母
外祖母；祖母；老奶奶
In use
I always visit my gran on Sunday afternoons.
My gran bakes the best apple pie in the family.
We spent the weekend helping gran tidy up her garden.
possessive determiner + gran
My gran lives in the countryside.
我的祖母住在乡下。
Gran (as a proper noun)
当用作称呼或特指某位祖母时，Gran 通常大写。
Gran, can you tell me a story?
奶奶，能给我讲个故事吗？
Common mistakes
My gran is 70 years old. He likes fishing.My granddad is 70 years old. He likes fishing.
错误在于将‘gran’用于表示‘祖父’；‘gran’仅指‘祖母’。应用‘granddad’或‘grandfather’。
My grans are coming for dinner.My grandparents are coming for dinner.
错误在于将‘grans’用于表示‘祖父母’；‘grans’是‘gran’的复数，只表示几位祖母。表示祖父母应用‘grandparents’。
Connections
Collocations
- my gran
- 我的奶奶
- My gran lives in the countryside.我的奶奶住在乡下。
- gran's house
- 奶奶的家
- We always spend Christmas at gran's house.我们总是在奶奶家过圣诞节。
- visit gran
- 看望奶奶
- I try to visit gran every weekend.我尽量每个周末去看望奶奶。
- dear gran
- 亲爱的奶奶
- Dear gran, thank you for the lovely gift.亲爱的奶奶，谢谢您送的漂亮礼物。
- gran and grandad
- 爷爷奶奶
- Gran and grandad celebrated their 50th anniversary.爷爷奶奶庆祝了他们的金婚纪念日。
- love gran
- 爱奶奶
Learner notes
Memory Tip
将 'gran' 联想为 'grandma' 的缩写，发音类似'格兰'，想象一位叫格兰的慈祥祖母。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：family、informal conversation 通常用于家庭成员之间或非正式场合，多指祖母或外祖母，比较常见于英国英语。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with gran (pronounced /ɡræn/). Words like 'grand' and 'grant' are spelling lookalikes but do not rhyme (they have different endings).
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.