ancestor

英[ˈænsestə(r)]美[ˈænsestər]

n.祖宗，祖先，（动物）原种，（机器）原型；

复数：ancestors;

形容词：ancestral;

例句

The builder of the manor house is a direct ancestor of the present owner.建造这幢庄园的人就是它现在主人的一个直系祖先。

This ancestor may have been a healer or medicine man or woman.这名祖先可能会是一名疗愈者,或者男性或女性巫医.

The ideas behind this are probably very old, stemming from ancestor worship rather than Buddhism.也许这种隐含的意思非常古老, 它起源于对祖先而不是佛教的崇拜.

She has worshipped her ancestor.她已拜过她的祖先.

The direct ancestor of the modern cat was the Kaffir cat of ancient Egypt.现代猫的直系原种是古埃及的卡菲尔猫。

For instance, it appears the ancestor of brainless starfish and sea urchins had a brain.例如, 无脑海星和海胆的祖先似乎曾有大脑.

Man was evolved from an ancestor that was probably arboreal.人大概是从住在树上的祖先进化而来的.

This machine is the ancestor of the modern computer.这台机器是现代电脑的始祖.

The immediate ancestor of rock "n" roll is rhythm-and-blues.摇滚乐直接源自节奏布鲁斯。

The abacus is the ancestor of the modern computer.算盘是现代电脑的原型.

同义词

n.

ancestor的同义词之：先驱

antecedentascendentprototypeprecursorforerunnerpredecessororiginator

ancestor的同义词之：祖先

procreatorprimogenitorforbearelderforefatherprogenitorfatherparent

ancestor的同义词之：其他释义

original

反义词

n.

ancestor的反义词之：祖宗,祖先

descendant

ancestor的反义词之：其他释义

descendant

英语四级真题

It is more costly than what our ancestors ate.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

My ancestor was a preacher, traveling around the countryside.

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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祖宗;祖先

Your ancestors are the people from whom you are descended.

例句

...our daily lives, so different from those of our ancestors...与我们祖先的生活有着天壤之别的我们的日常生活He could trace his ancestors back seven hundred years.他的先祖可以上溯到700年前。

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原种；原型

An ancestor of something modern is an earlier thing from which it developed.

例句

The direct ancestor of the modern cat was the Kaffir cat of ancient Egypt...现代猫的直系原种是古埃及的卡菲尔猫。The immediate ancestor of rock 'n' roll is rhythm-and-blues.摇滚乐直接源自节奏布鲁斯。

英汉词典释义

n.

祖先, 祖宗

She has worshipped her ancestor.她已拜过她的祖先。The custom of worshipping ancestors is prevalent among these people.崇拜祖先的风俗在这些人中是普遍的。

原型, 先驱

This machine is the ancestor of the modern computer.这台机器是现代电脑的始祖。

（动物的）原种

英英词典释义

Noun

1. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

行业词典

计算机： 先辈；