| 单词 |
grandson |
| 释义 |
grandson|ˈgrændsʌn, ˈgrænsʌn|
[See grand a. 12 b.]
A son's or daughter's son.
1586Warner Alb. Eng. ii. xi. (1589) 48 Alcæus grand⁓sonne searching long the Thefts he could not finde. 1655Sir E. Nicholas in N. Papers (Camden) II. 280 Which only hath bin obstructed by my grandsonnes treachery. 1734–5Lord C. in Swift's Lett. (1766) II. 211 These works shall be the first foundation of the libraries of my three grand⁓sons. 1765–9Blackstone Comm. (1793) 248 Stephen..was indeed the grandson of the conqueror, by Adelicia his daughter. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt i. 24 She expected a little grandson also.
b. transf. of a horse.
1881Encycl. Brit. XII. 184/1 The Darley Arabian's line is represented..through his son Flying Childers, his grandsons Blaze and Snip, and his great-grandson Snap. Ibid. 185/2 The Baron..and his grandson Blair Athol.
c. Comb. grandson-in-law.
1898Daily News 19 Dec. 5/1 If a grandson-in-law is a grandson.
Hence ˈgrandsonship.
1856Donaldson in Cambridge Ess. 30 Among the Romans, a man, of whom grand-sonship could not be predicated, was dubbed a terræ filius. |
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