Word · Frequency #4184
grandfathers
祖父
grandfathers is the plural of grandfather.
核心释义
the father of your father or mother
- 1.
某人父母的父亲
A father of someone's parent.
- 2.
男性祖先
A male forefather.
- 3.
紧接父文件的存档旧版本文件
The archived older version of a file that immediately preceded the father file.
某人父母的父亲；男性祖先；紧接父文件的存档旧版本文件；始祖；[电] 原始资料组
用法In use
My grandfather always tells us stories about his childhood.
用法提示：句中“grandfather”作主语，指祖父。
I visited my grandfather in the countryside last summer.
用法提示：句中“grandfather”作宾语，指祖父。
Both of my grandfathers were teachers.
用法提示：句中“grandfathers”为复数形式，指两位祖父。
possessive determiner + grandfather
His grandfather is a doctor.
他的祖父是一名医生。
the + grandfather + of + noun phrase
这种结构通常用于比喻意义，指家族中最年长或最有影响力的人。
She is the grandfather of the family.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- my grandfather
- 我的祖父
- My grandfather taught me how to fish.我的祖父教我怎么钓鱼。
- dear grandfather
- 亲爱的祖父（称呼）
- Dear grandfather, thank you for your letter.亲爱的祖父，谢谢你的来信。
- grandfather clock
- 落地式大摆钟
- The grandfather clock chimed twelve times.落地钟敲响了十二下。
- paternal grandfather
- 爷爷（父系祖父）
- His paternal grandfather was a famous painter.他的爷爷是一位著名的画家。
- late grandfather
- 已故的祖父
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
将grandfather拆解为grand（大）和father（父亲），即“大父亲”，也就是祖父。
语境与语域Context & Register
[object Object]
语法说明Grammar Note
Used to refer to the father of one's father or mother.
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like 'father', 'rather', and 'lather' rhyme with the 'father' part of 'grandfather' (ending /-ðə/ with same vowel /ɑː/). Note that other words ending in '-ther' such as 'mother', 'brother', 'weather' have different vowel sounds.
高价值词汇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。
用法优先级
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.