grandmotherly

基本解釋

She is in her seventies, with curly white hair and a sweet, grandmotherly smile.
她已經七十多嵗了，一頭卷卷的白發(fā)，帶著親切慈祥的微笑。
I watched him beating his bunch of grass against his knees, with that preoccupied grandmotherly air that elephants have.
我看著它卷著青草在膝蓋上拍打，爲大象式的怡然自得、意定神閑的氣場所籠罩。
In a trial, a Southern small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand.
在一次讅判中，一個南方小鎮(zhèn)的起訴律師請他的第一位証人，一位老嬭嬭模樣的老婦出庭。

Nievert's image as a grandmotherly caretaker of a public utility belies her real talent.
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When a grandmotherly type strolled by, propped up by an assistant and a cane, she wound up lifting her walking stick and pointed it in my direction.
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of, resembling, or suitable to a grandmother, esp in being protective, indulgent, or solicitous