grandparents
IPA/ˈɡræn.peə.rənt/
KK[ɡrˈændpˌɛrənts]IPA/ˈɡræn.per.ənt/
grandparents — noun
- grandparentssingular
- grandparentsesplural
1. the parents of your own parents — that is, your grandmother and your grandfather
1.名詞A1
釋義
the parents of your own parents — that is, your grandmother and your grandfather considered together as a pair or as a family group.
例句
Quan and his sister visit their grandparents in Tainan every summer.
countable plural noun; possessive determiner 'their' + grandparents
Ravindra's grandparents gave him a camera for his twelfth birthday.
grandparents as subject of active verb (gave)
Greta showed her grandparents the painting she made at school.
Every Sunday Nia calls her maternal grandparents to tell them about her week.
反義詞
- grandchildren
the children of one's child — the generation below rather than above
文法句型
grandparents + plural verb
someone's + grandparents
常見錯誤
❌My great-grandparents live in Kaohsiung.' (when the speaker means just grandparents)
✅My grandparents live in Kaohsiung.
💡great-grandparents are two generations above you, not one.