【grandmother音标】 英[ˈgrænmʌðə(r)] 美[ˈgrænmʌðər]
【单词释义】 grandmother是什么意思：
n.（外）祖母；老奶奶；女祖先
vt.当…的祖母
vi.当祖母
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] grandmothers
【关联词/派生词】
grandfather n.（外）祖父
grandma n.奶奶，(外)祖母，外婆
grandpa n.爷爷，外公
grandparent n.(外)祖父或祖母
granny n.奶奶；外婆
granddad n. 爷爷；外公
【单词例句】
◇ Once upon a time there was a sweet little girl. Everyone who saw her liked her, but most of all her grandmother, who did not know what to give the child next.
从前有个可爱的小姑娘，谁见了都喜欢，但最喜欢她的是她的奶奶，简直是她要甚么就给她甚么。
---- Little Red Cap
◇ "Some one is dying," thought the little girl, for her old grandmother, the only one who had ever loved her, and who was now dead, had told her that when a star falls, a soul was going up to God.
“一定有人要死了。”小姑娘想。因为她的老祖母——一个已故去的唯一疼爱她的人，曾经告诉过她，一旦天上落下一颗星，就有一个灵魂回到上帝那里去了。