喜樂美語
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    nA2

    /ˈɡrænˌmʌðər/ · /ˈɡrænˌmʌðə/

    The mother of your mother or of your father.

    祖母／外婆

    複數 grandmothers

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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核心畫面

You can picture one step further back up the family line: your mother's mother, or your father's mother. 'Grand-' marks that extra step up the generations, the same step you see in grandfather and grandson.

可以想成家族線往上再跨一階：媽媽的媽媽，或爸爸的媽媽。前面的 grand- 標的就是「再往上一代」這一步，跟 gra…更多收起可以想成家族線往上再跨一階：媽媽的媽媽，或爸爸的媽媽。前面的 grand- 標的就是「再往上一代」這一步，跟 grandfather、grandson 裡的那一步是同一個。英文在這裡不分父方母方，同一個字同時涵蓋中文的祖母和外婆。

原始詞典資料3 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。

grandmothernoun/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðə(r)/

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    A mother of someone's parent.

    • […] man may admit that his grandfathers and grandmothers were mon[keys a]nd monkeyesses if he want^([sic]) to; that is his privilege.
    • "It's a nightingale floor," our grandmother told us. "It warns us of thieves in the night."
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    A female ancestor or progenitor.

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    In Amazonian shamanism and related contexts, a reverential name for the ayahuasca vine or brew, symbolizing its role as a wise, guiding spirit.

    • "Enter ayahuasca, the mystical grandmother of the psychedelic family, a beacon of profound spiritual experiences"

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。