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granduncle

/grand-uhng-kuhl/US // ˈgrændˌʌŋ kəl //UK // (ˈɡrændˌʌŋkəl) //

叔祖父,叔公,叔祖,祖父

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an uncle of one's father or mother; a great-uncle.

Examples

  • Her son Greenleaf, to whom when four years of age his granduncle inscribed the poem "A Name," now resides here.

  • Leon threw himself frantically before his granduncle, and received at least one bullet which would not otherwise have missed him.

  • There were four verses, and she was on the last when the door opened stealthily and her granduncle, old Luke Basset, entered.

  • While in London I met your granduncle, and from him I learned your history, and a bad one it is.

  • Old Chatterton, the vicechancellor, is his granduncle or his greatgranduncle.