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grandniece

/gran-nees, grand-/US // ˈgrænˌnis, ˈgrænd- //UK // (ˈɡrænˌniːs, ˈɡrænd-) //

孙女,外甥女,侄孙女,侄女

Definitions

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

Examples

  • So I have a lot more in common and I’m closer in age to my nieces and my grandnieces.

  • A few days ago a great-grandniece was sent to me, a child under ten years old, that has no other relative.

  • She was a grandniece of the great Jean Jacques Rousseau, and flourished in the first part of last century.

  • The chest A. was not to be opened until the eldest son of his grandniece, Lady Laura, should attain the age of twenty-five.

  • And the girl young Kerrigan's going to marry really is a grandniece of the General's.

  • "She's the only grandniece we can possibly get on such short notice," said Dr. O'Grady.