ancestor
英 [ˈænsestə(r)] 美 [ˈænˌsɛstɚ]

n.

祖先，祖宗；被继承人；原型；（动物的）原种，先祖

变形

复数：ancestors

双语释义

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

ancestor[ 'ænsestə ]

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

  同义词：ascendantascendentantecedentroot

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)形容词+～

• a common ancestor同一个祖先
• remote ancestor远古祖先

名词+～

• noble ancestors名门

～+名词

• ancestor worship祭祖

词组短语

ancestor worship祖先崇拜；祭祖；敬奉祖先

双语例句

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。

权威例句

The universal ancestor
Timing the ancestor of the HIV-1 pandemic strains
LIKELIHOOD OF ANCESTOR STATES IN ADAPTIVE RADIATION.
Ancestor's bones and palimpsests: Olivine in ALH 84001 and orthopyroxene in Chassigny
The placental mammal ancestor and the post-K-Pg radiation of placentals.
Reconstructing Ancestor States with Maximum Likelihood: Support for One-and Two-Rate Models
Single origin of Malagasy Carnivora from an African ancestor
INDEPENDENT CONTRASTS SUCCEED WHERE ANCESTOR RECONSTRUCTION FAILS IN A KNOWN BACTERIOPHAGE PHYLOGENY
A hominid from the lower Pleistocene of Atapuerca, Spain: possible ancestor to Neandertals and modern humans.
One subspecies of the red junglefowl (Gallus gallus gallus) suffices as the matriarchic ancestor of all domestic breeds.