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/ˈɡrænmə/ · /ˈɡrænmɑː/
Your grandmother — the mother of your father or the mother of your mother. It is the everyday word people say at home, and it can also be used on its own as a name when you talk to her.
奶奶／外婆；阿嬤
複數 grandmas
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You can picture the word people actually use at home for their father's mother or their mother's mother — not the word on a form, but the one you call out when you walk in the door. It works both as a description ('my grandma') and as the name you use to her face ('Grandma, look at this').
可以想成家裡真的會出口的那個稱呼：爸爸的媽媽或媽媽的媽媽。它不是表格上填的正式名稱，而是你一進門就喊出來的那一聲。它…更多收起
可以想成家裡真的會出口的那個稱呼：爸爸的媽媽或媽媽的媽媽。它不是表格上填的正式名稱，而是你一進門就喊出來的那一聲。它既可以拿來描述（my grandma），也可以直接當名字對她說話（Grandma, look at this）——這一點跟中文的「阿嬤」很像。原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Grandmaname
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derogatoryslangAn unfriendly and disparaging way of addressing an elderly woman whose name is unknown.
grandmanoun/ˈɡɹænmɑː/
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informalGrandmother.
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Any elderly woman, regardless of if she has grandchildren.
grandmaverb/ˈɡɹænmɑː/
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rareinformalTo address (someone) as “grandma”.
- This Laura had died within a year of her marriage, but Lottie had claimed relationship to the family just the same, grandma-ing Mrs. Richards and aunty-ing the sisters. John, however, was never called uncle, except in fun.
- “But Grandma—,” I said. […] “And don’t you go ‘Grandma-ing’ me neither,” she said.
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rareinformalTo be or act as a grandmother to (someone).
- And what about Cliff working on cars and painting signs, and Wendy working nights to take care of that baby, and young Allen raking leaves for everyone, and Doris grandmaing folks, and wounded folks bouncing back to life . . . ?”
- “I don’t want you to be a grandma.” / But why, I wondered, worried that he perceived some defect in my grandma-ing ability. Doesn’t he think I’ll be a good grandma?
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。