ancestor
美音:[´æn´sestə
]
英音:[´æn´sestə
]
n.祖先,祖宗
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ancestor为中学词汇
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词根
ante-=before(与post-相反) 变化型 anti-,ant-,anci-,an-
近义词, 同义词
producer originator inventor author founder generator mover architect creator prime mover maker agent genitor genitrix father mother parent forefather ancestorpaternity parentage consanguinity parent father sire dad papa genitor progenitor procreator ancestor grandfather great-grandfather fatherhood house family tree stock pedigree lineage line family tribe race clan genealogy
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ancestor
/'ænsestə(r); `ænsɛstɚ/
n
1 (fem 阴性作 ancestress / -trIs; -trIs/) any of the people from whom sb is descended, esp those more remote than his grandparents; forefather 祖先; 祖宗
*His ancestors had come to England as refugees. 他的祖先来到英国的时候是难民. Cf 参看 descendant (descend).
2 (fig 比喻) early form of a machine or structure which later became more developed; forerunner 原型（某机器或结构的早期形式）; 先驱
*The ancestor of the modern bicycle was called a penny farthing. 现代自行车的原型叫做‘前轮大後轮小的自行车’.
n
1 (fem 阴性作 ancestress / -trIs; -trIs/) any of the people from whom sb is descended, esp those more remote than his grandparents; forefather 祖先; 祖宗
*His ancestors had come to England as refugees. 他的祖先来到英国的时候是难民. Cf 参看 descendant (descend).
2 (fig 比喻) early form of a machine or structure which later became more developed; forerunner 原型（某机器或结构的早期形式）; 先驱
*The ancestor of the modern bicycle was called a penny farthing. 现代自行车的原型叫做‘前轮大後轮小的自行车’.
ancestor
n[C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: ancestre, from Latin antecessor 'one who goes before', from antecedere; ANTECEDENT]
a member of your family who lived a long time ago
→descendant
My ancestors were French.
an animal that lived in the past, that modern animals have developed from
Lions and house cats evolved from a common ancestor (=the same ancestor) .
the form in which a modern machine, vehicle etc first existed
ancestor of
Babbage's invention was the ancestor of the modern computer.
>ancestral [æn'sestrəl/
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: ancestre, from Latin antecessor 'one who goes before', from antecedere; ANTECEDENT]
a member of your family who lived a long time ago
→descendant
My ancestors were French.
an animal that lived in the past, that modern animals have developed from
Lions and house cats evolved from a common ancestor (=the same ancestor) .
the form in which a modern machine, vehicle etc first existed
ancestor of
Babbage's invention was the ancestor of the modern computer.
>ancestral [æn'sestrəl/
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