granda
granda — 名詞
- grandasingular
- grandasplural
1. the father of one of your parents, used as a warm everyday name that children of
爺爺；阿公
對祖父或外祖父的親暱稱呼
the father of one of your parents, used as a warm everyday name that children often call him directly.
Every Sunday, Adina walks to her granda's house for tea and biscuits.
每個星期天，Adina 都會走到她爺爺家喝茶、吃餅乾。
possessive: someone's granda for a family member
Cyrus learned to fish from his granda on the cold northern coast.
Cyrus 在寒冷的北方海岸跟著他爺爺學會了釣魚。
"Come and sit by the fire, Granda," said the little boy softly.
小男孩輕聲說：「爺爺，過來坐在爐火旁邊吧。」
The twins begged their granda to tell the old story one more time.
這對雙胞胎央求他們的爺爺再講一次那個老故事。
Mira's granda still keeps pigeons in a wooden shed behind the garden.
Mira 的爺爺到現在還在花園後面的木棚裡養鴿子。
- grandad
very close in meaning; slightly more widespread across Britain
- grandpa
more common in American family speech
- grandfather
the neutral, standard term used in formal writing
- granny
the matching informal word for your parent's mother
用法筆記
Common in British and Irish family speech, especially as a direct form of address; the more neutral standard word is 'grandfather' or 'grandad'.