granddaddy

noun

noun

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

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. Granddaddy was born in a house, not a hospital.
   爷爷出生在一个房子里，不是医院里。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. That's why my granddaddy is not scared of dying.
   我爷爷因此而不惧怕死亡。
9. Called this granddaddy the tree of life.
   把这颗树叫作生命之树。
10. My granddaddy got stories about that woman.
    我爷爷知道那女人的一些事情。
11. 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。

noun

1. the father of your father or mother

   Synonym:    grandfathergrampsgranddadgrandadgrandpa