grandfather clock

短语

n. 有摆的落地大座钟

词形变化

grandfather clocks 复数 grandfather clocks

别名

grandfather's clock

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A longcase clock.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

longcase clock

上位词 1

pendulum clock

部分词 3

case shell casing

词源

From an 1876 song, Grandfather's Clock, by American songwriter Henry Work, based on a clock in the George Hotel in Piercebridge, County Durham, England, which stopped keeping time after its owner died.

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