| 单词 | grandchild |
| 释义 | grandchild (once / 1129 pages) n If you have a grandparent, you are a grandchild. You are the grandchild of your mother’s and father’s parents. If you have a grandchild, your son or daughter had a baby. Congratulations. A person becomes a grandparent when their kid has their first baby, and that baby is the grandparent’s grandchild. Boys are often called "grandsons," and girls "granddaughters," but both are also grandchildren. Grandchild uses the family or genealogical sense of the prefix grand-, which first meant "a generation older than," and since Elizabethan times has also meant "a generation younger than." WORD FAMILYgrandchild: grandchildren USAGE EXAMPLESIn addition to her daughter, she is survived by two sons, Mark Lansburgh and Frank Bell Appleby, and four grandchildren. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) A leading US Republican says she fears for the future of her seven grandchildren with Donald Trump in the White House. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Pat MacDowell, 70, who travels the country in an RV, stopped by to buy tickets for four of her grandchildren. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) n a child of your son or daughter Hypo|Hyper granddaughter a female grandchild grandsona male grandchild great grandchilda child of your grandson or granddaughter great granddaughtera daughter of your grandson or granddaughter great grandsona son of your grandson or granddaughter issue, offspring, progeny the immediate descendants of a person |
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