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ancestor

美['ænsestər]  英['ænsestə(r)]
n.  祖宗;祖先;原种
  近义词:forebear,descendant,

详细释义

n.(名词)
  1. 祖宗,祖先
  2. 原型;前身;先驱;始祖;前辈
  3. 【律】被继承人
  4. 【生】先祖,原种
  5. 动物的祖先,动物品种的原型(后来的品种由此进化而来)

双解释义

n.(名词)
  1. [C]祖先,祖宗 any of the people from whom sb is descended, especially those more remote than his grandparents; forefather
  2. [C]原型; 先驱 early form of a machine or structure which later became more developed; forerunner

英英释义

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

组词搭配

形容词+~
  1. a common ancestor同一个祖先
  2. remote ancestor远古祖先
名词+~
  1. noble ancestors名门
~+名词
  1. ancestor worship祭祖

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. During the festival the investor investigated his ancestor.节日期间投资者调查了他的祖宗。
  2. They said their ancestor was a famous hunter and a crack hunter.他们说他们的祖宗是个有名的猎人,也是个神枪手。
  3. People who share an ancestor are called relatives.有同一个祖先的叫做亲戚。
  4. She has worshipped her ancestor.她已拜过她的祖先。
  5. One of my ancestors was a great scholar.我的祖先当中有一位是伟大的学者。
  6. The abacus is the ancestor of the modern computer.算盘是现代电脑的原型。
  7. The three species evolved from a single ancestor.这三种生物从同一原种进化而来。

词语用法

n.(名词)
    ancestor的基本意思是“祖先,祖宗”,是阳性可数名词,与其对应的阴性名词为ancestress[' nsestrIs] (女祖先); 引申可作“原型,先驱”解。 ancestor表示“…是…的祖先”时,须用介词to。
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