great-grandchild
great-grandchild — 名詞
1. a son or daughter of one of your grandchildren, so two generations below your ow
曾孫
孫子或孫女的小孩，比自己晚兩代
a son or daughter of one of your grandchildren, so two generations below your own children.
Otis held his first great-grandchild for over an hour at the hospital.
Otis 在醫院抱著他的第一個曾孫超過一個小時。
possessive + headword as direct object
Amihan keeps a framed photo of her four great-grandchildren on the piano.
Amihan 把四個曾孫的合照裱框，放在鋼琴上。
plural form: great-grandchildren
Brian flew to Manila for the baptism of his youngest great-grandchild.
Brian 飛到馬尼拉參加他最小曾孫的受洗儀式。
collocation: youngest / oldest great-grandchild
By the age of ninety, Bilal already had seventeen great-grandchildren scattered across three countries.
Bilal 九十歲時，已經有十七個曾孫分散在三個國家。
quantifier + plural for counting descendants
The old farmhouse has been passed down to Beatriz, a great-grandchild of the original builder.
這棟老農舍傳到了 Beatriz 手中，她是原始建造者的曾孫。
noun used appositively after a name
- first great-grandchild
- youngest great-grandchild
- newborn great-grandchild
- have a great-grandchild
- great-grandson
male-specific form
- great-granddaughter
female-specific form
- great-grandparent
the reverse relationship two generations up
用法筆記
Hyphenated in modern usage; plural is 'great-grandchildren'. Subject is usually a senior family member describing a descendant; rarely the speaker's own age peer.
常見錯誤
同根字
- great-grandson名詞B2
- great-granddaughter名詞B2
- great-grandparent名詞B2
- grandchild名詞A2
常見搭配
常用片語
- the first great-grandchild
- a newborn great-grandchild
- have a great-grandchild on the way