grandmother

noun
🔊/ˈɡrænmʌðə(r)/
🔊/ˈɡrænmʌðər/
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  1. the mother of your father or mother(外)祖母;奶奶;姥姥;外婆
    • I always loved going to visit my grandmother.我一直很喜欢去拜访我的祖母。
    see also gran, grandma, granny compare grandfatherTopics Family and relationshipsa1
Idioms
teach your grandmother to suck eggs
  1. (British English, informal) to tell or show somebody how to do something that they can already do well, and probably better than you can教奶奶嘬鸡蛋;在能人面前逞强;班门弄斧