| 单词 | great-niece |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreat-niece great-niece n. a nephew's or niece's daughter. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > nephew or niece > [noun] > niece > one's son's or daughter's niece great-niecea1602 mokopuna1824 a1602 W. Perkins Lect. Three First Chapters Reuelation (1604) ii. 196 They..hold that the vncle may marry his neece or his great neece. 1779 F. Hervey et al. Naval Hist. Great Brit. III. v. ii. 486 He bequeathed that noble town residence, to Thomas Archer,..who had married his great niece. 1884 Harper's Mag. Feb. 481/2 The great-niece of Mrs. Barbauld. 1948 H. Martindale Some Victorian Portraits & Others 30 To-day four of her nieces and one great-niece are trying to carry on her work. 2011 F. Lareau My Polish-American Mother 167 I came across a Christmas card from her niece. In the card was a picture of her two great nieces. < as lemmas |
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