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and 18 who are good at
academic'subjects ■'(尤指旧时
英国的）文法幸校 2 = ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
.grammar translation method nown [sing] (//ngw/s- f/’cs
i吾官)a traditional way of
learning a foreign language, in which the study of grammar is very important
and very little teaching is in the foreign language (_传统外语教学中的）语法翻译法
gram-mat-ical
/gra'mastikl/
adj. 1 connected with the rules
of grammar 语法的；女法知：a grammatical error 语法错误 2
correctly following the rules of grammar 符 备语法叙则的；合乎文法的：That sentence is not gmm-
matica〖.那个句:子不合语法。_ ►gram*mat*icaMy/-kli/ fldv.: a grammaricaHy correct
sentence 语法上正确的句手 gramme (erf) = gram(1)
gramo-phone /'graemafaun; NAmE -foun/ noun {old- fashioned)
=RECORD
PLAYER
Igran /graen/ now/? (8rf，grandmother 奶奶；姥
姥：Do you want to go io your gran’s?你想去奶奶家 吗？ Gran,
can J have some more?奶奶，■■我再吃点，儿
行吗：>
Gran-ary™ /'graenari/ adj. [only before noun] (6r£)
(of bread 扁包).containing whole grains of wheat 谷仓牌
的（全麦的}
gran-ary /'graenari/ noun [pi. -ips) a building where grain
is stored 谷仓；粮仓 _ grand /graend/ adj., noun
madj. (grand-er,
grand est) 1
impressive and large or important壮丽的；堂皇的；童大的：Jt’s not a very grand house.这房子并不是十分富丽堂皇。◊ TTie wedding was a ve»y gra/id occasion•婚礼场面非常隆童。
2 Grand [only before noun] used
in the names of impres- sive or very large buildings, etc.(用于大建筑物等的名
称）.大：the Grand. Carbon.大峡谷◊.
We stayed at the Grand ffotei•我们.住在，格兰酒成。3 needing a lot of effort, money or time to succeed but
intended to achieve impressive results宏大的；渣伟的；有气派的：
a
grand desfgn/p〖an/strategy宏伟的蓝图；宏大的计
划；：重大的故略思想◊ Afevw Ybrfcers
bui7t their city on a grand scaZe.纽约人大规模地建造自己的城市。4 (of A) behaving in a proud way because they are from
a high social class傲慢的；髙高在上..的
5 [dialect or informal) very good or enjoyable;
excellent 极好的;快呆的；美妙的；出色的：a grand day out
at the seaside.稗在痗边痛痛块快牟了一天。◊ TTicmfo. be grand/ 谢谢。.那太棒了！ fred dfd a
grand job 〇/painting the house•扣雷德粉刷房子干#很
出色。6
Grand
used'
in the titles .of people of very high social rank (对上层社会的人的硌呼 >
大：the Grand Duchess '£〖ena 夫公夫:人埃琳娜一see also grandeur ► grancl-ly adv. ： He described himself gnrncHy 〇5 a landscape architect’.他自封为“景观建邊
■师”。.grand.ness now/? [U] IT»TW1 a/the .grand old
'age a
great age ■髙龄：She finally learned to
drive at the grand oW age 〇/70.她终于在70岁高龄学会了开车。
a/the .grand old man (of sth) a man who is respected
in a particular profession that he has been involved in for a long time元老；资深前辈；老前辈
■ mom/i 1 (/?/• grand) (/_/7/om?fl/) $1 ooo;
£1 〇〇〇 * 1 _ 元；
1
000 英镑：cost you _/iive grand/ 这要花去你 5
000 块
钱！ 2 = GRAND PIANO — See also
CONCERT GRAND grandad (also grand-dad especially in NAm£) /'graendaed/ noun {informal) grandfather 姥爷 .Grand .Central 'Station noun (US) used to describe a place
that is very busy or crowded 非常繁忙（或拥挤）
的地方：iwy Ziospftc^ room was hTce
Grand ■ CentrnZ Station w/fth everybody coming and going.我的病房就像 纽约的中央火车站，整天•人来人往。M;Ueiii^i From the name of a very
busy train station in New York City. 源自纽约市繁it的火车站名。一compare
grand-child /'graentjaild/ noun {pi. grand-children)
a child of your son or
daughter (外）孙子；（外）孙女
grand-daddy
(also
gran-daddy)
/'graendaedi/
noun
{NAmE, informal) 1 = grandfather 2 the grand-
daddy the first or greatest
example of sth (某事物
的）老祖宗，祖师爷
grand.daugh.ter 〇■» /，graend3:ta(r)/ 謂r? a
daughter of your son or daughter (夕f ),孙女一compare GRANDSON
,grand 'duchess /7〇"/r1 the wife of a grand duke 大公 ^ A 2 (in some parts of
.grand 'duke noun 1 (in some parts of
ARCHDUKE
gran-dee /graen'di:/ noun 1 (in the
past) a Spanish or Portuguese nobleman
of high rank (旧时西班牙或 葡萄每的）;..大;公
2 a
person of high social rank and importance大人物；..显奏人物
grand-eur
/'graend38(r); -dj8(r)/ noun
[U] 1 the quality of being great and impressive in appearance 宏伟；_ 丽.；堂皇 BDG]
splendour: the grandeur and
simpli- 〇/Roman architecture古罗马建筑的雄伟和简朴◊ TTie hoteZ had an
air o//adeii grandeur.含家也店给乂一
种繁华已逝的感觉。2 the importance or social
status sb has or thinks they have 高贵；显赫；伟大：He has a sense 〇/ grandeur about him•他觉得畜.g 很了 不起。:+■ ◊ She is clearly
suffering from delusions of grandeur (=thinks she is more important than she
really is). 她显然是犯了妄自尊大的毛病。一seealsoGRAND grandfather (Hr /_graenfa:aa(r)/ 麵a? the father of your father
or mother (外）祖父；爷爷； 夕卜.公一see also grandad,
granddaddy, grandpa —compare grandmother
.grandfather 'dock noun an old-fashioned type of clock in a tall
wooden case that stands on the floor (置于高木匣中的）落地摆钿一picture o clock grand-ilo-quent /graen'dilakwant/ oc// (formal, disapproving)
using long or complicated words in order to impress people卖弄辞藻的；；言辞浮夸的HT1 pompous ► grand-ilo-quence /-ans/ noun [IT]
gran-di-ose
/'graendiaus;
NAmE -ous/ adj. {disapproving) seeming very impressive but
too large, complicated, exp—sive, etc. to be practical or possible.华而禾卖的；
浮夸’'的’；不切实际的：77ie grandiose scheme jbr a
journey across t/ie desert came to nothing.不切实际的穿 越沙漠计划已成泡影。◊ a
grandiose opera house 禾 实的歌@院
.grand 'jury noun [law W) (in the
(外)m母;奶奶；外婆
grand rrlal /,grD 'mael; NAmE ,grsen 'mail; 'mael/ noun [U] (from french，/rja//cfl/ 医)a serious form of epilepsy in which sb becomes
unconscious for fairly long periods
(癫痫）大发作
Grand Marnier™/.gro'mainiei; /V/\/r?f
.grain'mairnjei/ noun [U, C] a strong sweet alcoholic drink from
.grand 'master noun a chess player of the highest standard国际象棋大师；棋王；棋圣
nd-m〇tKer /'graenmA50(r)/ noun mother
of your father or mother (夕卜）祖母； 奶奶；夕卜婆一see also gran, grandma, granny —compare
grandfather ITiTBil see teach ,grandmother 'clock noun a clock similar to a GRANDFATHER CLOCK but smaller 小型落地摆钟
.grandmothers
'footsteps noun [u]
(8r£) a children's game in which one child stands with his or her back to the
others while they try to walk towards the child without being heard or seen to
move when he or she