- 1nA2/ˈɡrænpɑː/爺爺／外公
口語The father of your mother or father. This is the warm, everyday word that families use when they talk to him or about him.
示範例句 · Example
My grandpa taught me how to fold paper cranes.
逐字我的爺爺教了我如何摺紙鶴。
「grandpa」是英文裡最口語、最親切的「爺爺／外公」說法。它跟 grandfather 是同一個人，差在感覺：grandfather 比較像填表格、正式介紹時用的字，grandpa 是家裡人平常在講的字。要特別注意的是，英文不分父系母系——爸爸的爸爸和媽媽的爸爸都叫 grandpa，中文才會分「爺爺」和「外公」。當面叫他的時候，Grandpa 第一個字母大寫、前面不加 my，就像在叫名字（Grandpa, look!）；跟別人講到他時才說 my grandpa。
常見搭配
my grandpa
我爺爺／我外公
the grandfather in your family, when you are talking about him to someone else
My grandpa still rides his bike to the market every morning.
Grandpa (used like a name)
（當面叫）爺爺
what you call him when you are talking to him, or using it as his name in the family
Ask Grandpa if he wants some tea.
grandma and grandpa
爺爺奶奶／外公外婆
your two grandparents, said the everyday way
We went down to the farm twice to see Grandma and Grandpa.
go and see your grandpa
去看爺爺
to visit him
I hear you go and see your grandpa every week.
意思相近
core核心畫面
The , everyday name for your parent's father — the word a family actually says out loud at the dinner table, rather than the formal 'grandfather' you would write on a form.
複數 grandpas
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Grandpaname
- 1
derogatoryslangAn unfriendly and disparaging way of addressing an elderly man whose name is unknown.
grandpanoun/ˈɡɹæm.pɑː/
- 1
informalgrandfather.
- 2
Any elderly man, regardless of if he has, or whether one knows he has, grandchildren.
- Pointing to the ‘No Smoking’ sign on the wall, he said we must stop smoking. ‘All right, grandpa!’ someone said.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。