granddaddy

英 [ˈɡrændædi]

美 [ˈɡrændædi]

n.  (某事物的)老祖宗，祖师爷

COCA.20320

牛津词典

noun

noun

• （某事物的）老祖宗，祖师爷
  the first or greatest example of sth

英英释义

noun

• the father of your father or mother
  Synonym:grandfathergrampsgranddadgrandadgrandpa

双语例句

• These features allow AFS to be known as the granddaddy of distributed file systems even after so many years of development.
  这些特性使得AFS被公认为是分布式文件系统的鼻祖，虽然AFS已经开发了很多年。
• ICBC, the sector granddaddy, was up by more than a fifth.
  行业老大中国工商银行（ICBC）的股价涨幅超过五分之一。
• Some of the best food I have eaten has been produced by small restaurants offering the granddaddy of fusion cuisine, Macanese.
  我吃过的一些最好吃的食物，是提供最古老的融合菜（fusioncuisine）澳门菜的小餐厅做的。
• Then there's the granddaddy of all threats to just about any future economic arrangement: the untold effects and consequences of climate change.
  接下来就是气候变化的作用和影响，所有威胁今后几乎任何经济举措的因素都源于此，而且这个问题说不清道不明。
• My granddaddy got stories about that woman.
  我爷爷知道那女人的一些事情。
• Granddaddy was born in a house, not a hospital.
  爷爷出生在一个房子里，不是医院里。
• As for the granddaddy of entitlements, Social Security, the time has come to increase the age for payments to70.
  至于待遇，社会保障，时间已经到了鼻祖增加了70金的年龄。
• The archetypal tax haven, and in many ways the granddaddy of them all.
  典型的避税天堂，而且在许多方面对他们所有的鼻祖。
• That's why my granddaddy is not scared of dying.
  我爷爷因此而不惧怕死亡。
• The ancient granddaddy of advanced memory techniques is the method of Loci, which involves placing objects in sequential order in a mentally constructed ( imaginary) world.
  古代老祖宗使用的高级记忆法就是位置记忆法/轨迹法，其中包括记忆对象的排列顺序和虚构的空间想象结构。