| 释义 |
grand·moth·er
\ˈgran(d)ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷, -raan-\ noun
Etymology: Middle English graundmoder (translation of Middle French grant mere), from Middle French grant grand + Middle English moder mother — more at grand, mother
1.
a. : the mother of one's father or mother; also : foremother
b. : an old or elderly and venerable woman
2. : a woman or something thought of as female that is the earliest or oldest in a line of similar and usually successively developing things
< the grandmother of writers of modern verse >
< the grandmother of all suffragettes >
< London … is the grandmother of capitals — T.H.Fielding > |