Word · Frequency #11766
granddaughter
孙女；外孙女
a female grandchild
- 1.
The daughter of someone's child.
- 2.
a female grandchild
女性孙辈
女性孙辈；孙女；外孙女
In use
My granddaughter loves drawing with crayons.
We took our granddaughter to the zoo on Sunday.
Their granddaughters all enjoy reading before bed.
sb's granddaughter
granddaughter 可指儿子或女儿的女儿，具体关系需看上下文。
Her granddaughter is five years old.
她的孙女五岁了。
have a granddaughter
复数形式为 granddaughters。
She has a granddaughter in college.
她有一个孙女在上大学。
be sb's granddaughter
Lisa is my granddaughter.
莉萨是我的孙女。
Common mistakes
My grandaughter is five years old.My granddaughter is five years old.
granddaughter 由 grand 和 daughter 组成，拼写时要保留两个 d；写成 grandaughter 会漏掉一个 d。
I have two granddaughter.I have two granddaughters.
granddaughter 是可数名词，复数形式是 granddaughters；在 two 等数字后才能用名词复数。
Connections
Collocations
- granddaughter's wedding
- 孙女的婚礼
- Her granddaughter's wedding is next Saturday.她孙女的婚礼在下周六。
- beloved granddaughter
- 心爱的孙女
- Their beloved granddaughter lives in Canada.他们心爱的孙女住在加拿大。
- adopted granddaughter
- 收养的孙女
- She is their adopted granddaughter, though not by blood.她是他们收养的孙女，虽然不是亲生的。
- first granddaughter
- 第一个孙女
- They were overjoyed at the birth of their first granddaughter.他们为第一个孙女的出生而欣喜若狂。
- raise one's granddaughter
- 抚养孙女
- He helped raise his granddaughter after his son passed away.儿子去世后，他帮助抚养孙女。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 granddaughter 拆成 grand（大的/一辈的）+ daughter（女儿），女儿的女儿就是孙女或外孙女。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：家庭场合、日常对话 孙女和外孙女在英语中都可用 granddaughter，通常用于家庭或日常交流，属于中性亲属称谓。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 granddaughter 词尾 /dɔtɚ/ 押韵的有 daughter /ˈdɔtɚ/、slaughter /ˈslɔtɚ/ 和 water /ˈwɔtɚ/。注意 laughter 虽拼写相似，但读 /ˈlæftɚ/，并不押韵。grand 和 grandson 共享前缀 grand，读音为 /ɡrænd/，用于比较拼写而非押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
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 DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.