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grandnephew

/gran-nef-yoo, -nev-yoo, grand-/US // ˈgrænˌnɛf yu, -ˌnɛv yu, ˈgrænd- //UK // (ˈɡrænˌnɛvjuː, -ˌnɛfjuː, ˈɡrænd-) //

侄孙,外甥,侄子,侄孙子

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a son of one's nephew or niece.

Examples

  • He was the only surviving blood-relative of Paul Jones in this country, being his great-grandnephew.

  • Colonel Washington was a great-grandnephew of George Washington.

  • This captain was a grandnephew of Sir John Suckling the poet, and one of the great men of the family—himself acknowledging it.

  • "So you are my grandnephew," he said, holding out what Charlie considered to be a very limp and flabby hand towards him.

  • Whittier's grandnephew, to again break the omen, took his plate over to the table in the corner with his mother.