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granddad

/gran-dad/US // ˈgrænˌdæd //

祖父,爷爷,外公,爷

Related Words

ancestor祖先,祖宗,先祖,祖先的patriarch元老级人物,族长,家长,元老grandpa爷爷,祖父,外公,爷pap啪啪啪,啪,啪的一声,啪啪forefather祖先,先人,先祖,先辈elder长者,长老,长辈,老人granddaddy祖父,老爹,祖师爷,爷爷gramps爷爷,牧师,先生,爷爷的grandpappy祖父,爷爷,祖父母,爷爷奶奶

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : grandfather.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as ingrandfather
Synonyms
ancestor祖先,祖宗,先祖,祖先的grandpa爷爷,祖父,外公,爷patriarch元老级人物,族长,家长,元老elder长者,长老,长辈,老人forefather祖先,先人,先祖,先辈gramps爷爷,牧师,先生,爷爷的granddaddy祖父,老爹,祖师爷,爷爷pap啪啪啪,啪,啪的一声,啪啪grandpappy祖父,爷爷,祖父母,爷爷奶奶paternal forebear父老乡亲,老祖宗,祖先,祖辈

Examples

  • The president stares at him, his kind eyes emanating genuine compassion through his granddad spectacles.

  • Matter of fact, everybody sort of looks up to him as the town granddad.

  • Besides, I've heard Granddad tell about the Rookery, as he calls it, many times.

  • I worried so that I hardly slept, and Granddad woke me three or four times to know if you had come back.

  • I don't know jes what it wuz about, but I reckon my granddad wuz right, and I'll see it through.

  • And it made me think of my granddad to see what he had on his head—a reg'lar nightcap, tassel and all.

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