granny
granny 英 ['ɡrænɪ] 美 [ˈɡræni]
n. 奶奶；外婆
名词复数:grannies
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- n. 奶奶；外婆
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1. a pair of granny glasses
一副老花眼镜
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2. We hadn't seen Granny for half a year.
我们有半年没见到奶奶了。
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3. Until one day granny took to her bed.
直到有一天奶奶病倒到床上。
- granny (n.) also grannie, 1660s, according to OED, most likely a diminutive and contraction of grannam, shortened form of grandame, rather than from grandmother. The sailor's granny knot (by 1803), originally granny's knot, readily jammed and insecure, is a reef or square knot with the second part crossed the wrong way, so called in contempt because "it is the natural knot tied by women or landsmen" [Smyth, "Sailor's Word-Book," 1867]. Granny Smith apples (1895) are said to have been named for Maria Ann Smith (d. 1870) of Australia, who originated them. Granny glasses attested from 1966.
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