grandfather
grandfather 英 [ˈgrænfɑ:ðə(r)] 美 [ˈɡrændˌfɑðɚ, ˈɡræn-]
n. 祖父；始祖
名词复数:grandfathers
- Your grandfather is the father of one of your parents. If your grandfather is quite old and has dozens of grandchildren, it might be hard for him to remember your birthday every year.
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- n. 祖父；始祖
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1. His grandfather lies in the churchyard.
他祖父葬于教堂的墓地。
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2. His grandfather is 80 now.
他的祖父现在80岁了
- grandfather (n.) early 15c., from grand- + father (n.), probably on analogy of French grand-père. Replaced grandsire and Old English ealdefæder. Grandfather clause originally (1899) referred to exemptions from post-Reconstruction voting restrictions (literacy, property tax) in the U.S. South for men whose forebears had had the right to vote before 1867 (thus allowing poor and illiterate whites to continue to vote). Grandfather clock is from 1894, originally grandfather's clock (1876), "a furniture dealer's name" [OED] from "My Grandfather's Clock," the 1876 song by Henry Clay Work that was enormously popular (and loathed) in late 1870s. It indicates that they were beginning to seem old-fashioned; they were previously known as tall case clocks or eight-day clocks.
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