grandmother

英 [ˈɡrænmʌðə(r)]

美 [ˈɡrænmʌðər]

n. (外)祖母; 奶奶; 外婆

Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.4338 / COCA.2495

习惯用语

teach your grandmother to suck eggs

教奶奶嘬鸡蛋；在能人面前逞强；班门弄斧
to tell or show sb how to do sth that they can already do well, and probably better than you can

noun

N-FAMILY （外）祖母；奶奶；外婆
Yourgrandmotheris the mother of your father or mother.
1. My grandmothers are both widows.
  我奶奶和外婆都是孤寡一人。

noun

It raining, the little girl helped her grandmother along difficultly.
下雨了，那个小女孩扶着她的祖母艰难地向前走着。
Your grandmother has nothing to stop her from being bored, grouchy and lonely.
你奶奶既无聊又孤独，总是没完没了地发牢骚。
You shouldn't talk back to your grandmother.
你不该跟你奶奶顶嘴。
For a long time her mother and her grandmother had hardly been on speaking terms.
很久以来，她的母亲和外婆两人之间几乎不怎么说话。
Her grandmother had the gift of making people happy.
她奶奶有逗人开心的本事。
My young daughter was going to stay with her grandmother for a week, but she's not going now, more's the pity.
我小女儿原来准备去和她的祖母一起住一周的，但非常遗憾，她现在不能去了。
Her grandmother seemed to her a pitiable figure.
祖母在她看来是个可怜的人。
He had a great desire to have a home of his own for he had always lived with my grandmother.
他强烈渴望拥有一个属于自己的家，因为他一直和我祖母住在一起。
He helped his grandmother in.
他搀扶着祖母进屋。
My grandmothers are both widows.
我奶奶和外婆都是孤寡一人。