名詞 grandfather:

1. the father of your father or mother
   同義詞：gramps, granddad, grandad, granddaddy, grandpa

1. When their grandfather died a great sadness filled their lives.
   當(dāng)他們的祖父去世時，巨大的悲傷籠罩了他們的生活。
2. His grandfather is nearly seventy.
   他爺爺快七十歲了。
3. Although his grandfather was a nobleman, he was very poor.
   盡管他的祖父是貴族，他卻非常窮困。
4. His grandfather gave her an earthenware bowl.
   他的祖父給了她一個陶碗。
5. A parent of one's mother or father; a grandmother or grandfather.
   祖父母，外祖父母某人母親或父親的父母; 祖母、外祖母或祖父、外祖父
6. Grandfather was in the trenches during the First War.
   在第一次世界大戰(zhàn)中，我祖父駐守在法國北部前線。
7. My maternal grandfather is coming.
   我的外祖父要來了。
8. His grandfather passed away last year.
   他的祖父去年去世了。

grand.fa.ther

n.（名詞）
The father of one`s mother or father.
祖父，外公：某人母親或父親的父親
A forefather; an ancestor.
祖宗；遠(yuǎn)祖
Computer Science A stored file of data from which two successive files have been derived, used for comparison with or as a backup copy for the newer files.
【計算機科學(xué)】 原始文件，原始數(shù)據(jù)組，祖父：一個已衍生出兩個連續(xù)文件的數(shù)據(jù)儲存文件， 用于和新文件作比較或作為更新文件的備份
v.tr.（及物動詞）
grand.fa.thered,grand.fa.ther.ing,grand.fa.thers
To exempt (one already involved in an activity or a business) from new regulations concerning that activity or business:
免受新法規(guī)限制：使（已涉入一項活動或事務(wù)中的人）排除在有關(guān)此種活動或事務(wù)的新法規(guī)之外：
例句：
The city passed an ordinance restricting the size of advertising signs, but grandfathered all those signs erected before 982.
該市通過了一項限制廣告牌規(guī)格的法令，但那些在982 年以前豎起來的招牌免受限制

來源：
V., from grandfather clause
動詞，源自 grandfather clause