Word · Frequency #7634
grandparent
祖父母
核心释义
a parent of your father or mother
- 1.
某人父母的父母
The parent of someone's parent.
某人父母的父母
用法In use
My grandparents live in the countryside and visit us every summer.
用法提示:使用复数形式“grandparents”指代祖父母双方。
One of my grandparent's hobbies is gardening, and the other enjoys painting.
用法提示:使用单数所有格“grandparent's”表示其中一位祖父母。
She often tells stories about her late grandparent, whom she deeply admired.
用法提示:使用单数形式“grandparent”泛指一位祖父母。
grandparent(s) of [person]
单数形式可指祖父母中的一位,但实际使用中常指向复数。
She is the grandparent of three children.
她是三个孩子的祖父母。
[possessive determiner] grandparent(s)
grandparents 是复数形式,泛指祖父母或外祖父母。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- maternal grandparent
- 外祖父母
- My maternal grandparents live in the countryside.我的外祖父母住在乡下。
- paternal grandparent
- 祖父母
- He spent summers with his paternal grandparents.他夏天和祖父母一起度过。
- grandparent's house
- 祖父母的家
- We often went to our grandparents' house for holidays.我们经常去祖父母家度假。
- visit grandparents
- 探望祖父母
- It's important to visit your grandparents regularly.定期探望祖父母很重要。
- grandparent role
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把grand想象成'宏大',父母就变成了祖父母。
语境与语域Context & Register
该词为中性词,常用于家庭或亲属关系的一般性讨论,适用于书面和口语场合。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词,指祖父或祖母
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in '-parent' share the spelling but differ in stress: in the target 'grandparent', the final syllable is unstressed, whereas these words have primary stress on the first syllable of '-parent'. Thus they are not perfect rhymes but are useful for spelling pattern recognition.
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.