grandmother
US /ˈɡrændˌmʌðɚ, ˈɡræn-/
・UK /ˈgrænmʌðə(r)/
B2 中高級英檢初級
n.名詞外祖母；祖母
My grandmother lives with her son, my uncle
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路上隨處可以見長腿歐巴？帶你看韓國人的平均身高是如何增長的 (How South Koreans got so much taller)
06:08
- The average woman born near the beginning of the 1900s like my great grandmother was just 142 centimeters or 4'7".
像我的曾祖母一樣，出生於 20 世紀初的女性的平均身高只有 142 公分（4 英尺 7 英寸）。
- like my great grandmother
像我的祖母一樣
研究證實「阿嬤」這個生物真的很奇妙！ (Evolution Can't Explain Your Grandma)
09:31
- One of the hypotheses those researchers came up with is called the grandmother hypothesis,
這些研究人員提出的假設之一叫做祖母假說，
- which says that the reason that human females live so long is to fill the social role of a grandmother, caring for her grandchildren when she's not able to have any more children of her own.
該假說認為，人類女性之所以長壽，是因為她們要扮演祖母的社會角色，在無法再生育孩子時照顧她自己的孫子輩。
這樣用英文罵人，可以不帶髒字卻超級道地！ (How not to swear!)
13:53
- Now, my grandmother was from Scotland, so I think this is kind of a Scottish translation of "damn". People in movies say "goddamn".
我阿嬤來自蘇格蘭，所以我猜這是「該死」的蘇格蘭說法。電影裡，人們會說「goddamn」。
我們搬到了鄉下｜宮崎県綾町での田舎暮らし體験。 (WE MOVED TO THE COUNTRYSIDE｜宮崎県綾町での田舎暮らし体験)
09:20
- When I lived in Canada my grandmother used to grow carrots
我住在加拿大時，我阿嬤會在後庭種紅蘿蔔
跟著加拿大人 Bob 學英文系列： 60 個英語動詞直接演給你看！(Learn 60 English Action Verbs In Under 10 Minutes! Acted Out For Easy Memorization!)
09:25
- When I was a kid, my grandmother used to pull on my ears when I was bad.
我小時候，當我很壞的時候，奶奶經常揪我的耳朵。
阿什的順應性實驗。你能經受住群體思維的考驗嗎？ (Asch’s Conformity Experiment: Can You Withstand Groupthink?)
06:02
- Once upon a time, on the eve of a major religious holiday, a seven-year-old boy was observing his grandmother as she poured an extra glass of wine.
很久以前，在一個重要的宗教節日的前夕，一個七歲的男孩正在觀察他的祖母，因為她多倒了一杯酒。
- a seven year old boy was observing his grandmother as she poured an extra glass of wine.
一個七歲的男孩正在觀察他的祖母，因為她多倒了一杯酒。
為什麼每個人都那麼不擅長送禮？ (Why Is Everyone So Bad At Giving Gifts?)
03:50
- Let's say "hypothetically" that my grandmother buys me a sweater that I hate, and your grandmother buys you a sweater that you hate.
讓我們來「假設」一下，我的奶奶給我買了件我不喜歡的毛衣，而你的奶奶也給你買了件你不喜歡的毛衣。
- buys me a sweater that I hate, and your grandmother
買了件我不喜歡的毛衣，而你的奶奶