progenitor
美音:
[prəu´dʒenıtə
]英音:
[prəu´dʒenıtə
]n.祖先,起源
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progenitor为短语/超纲词汇
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gener=to produce(制造;生产),race(种族) 变化型 gen,gent
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progenitor
/prəʊ'dʒenɪtə(r); pro`dʒɛnətɚ/
n (fml 文)
1 ancestor (of a person, an animal or a plant) (人或动植物的)祖先.
2 (fig 比喻) originator (of an idea, an intellectual or political movement, etc) (思想、学术或政治运动的)创始人, 前辈, 先驱
*Marx was the progenitorof Communism. 马克思是共产主义的创始人.
progenitor
n[C][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Latin;Origin: progignere
'to produce young']
formal someone who first thought of an idea
progenitor of a progenitor of cubismtechnical a person or animal that lived in the past, to whom someone or something living now is related
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ancestor
1. It is incorrect to say that the progenitor of man is ape. 说人的祖先是类人猿是不正确的。
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