| 释义 |
ancestor美 ['æn.sestər] 英 ['ænsestə(r)] - n.祖先；祖宗；（动物的）原始种型；（机器的）原型
- 网络先辈；先人；先驱
n. forebear,antecedent,forefather,predecessor,progenitor 1. | 祖宗；祖先a person in your family who lived a long time ago |
| His ancestors had come to America from Ireland. 他的祖先从爱尔兰来到美国。 |
2. | （动物的）原始种型an animal that lived in the past which a modern animal has developed from |
| a reptile that was the common ancestor of lizards and turtles 作为蜥蜴和龟的共同原种的一种爬行动物 |
3. | （机器的）原型an early form of a machine which later became more developed |
| The ancestor of the modern bicycle was called a penny-farthing. 现代自行车的原型称作 penny-farthing （一种前轮大后轮小的自行车）。 |
n. | 1. somebody from whom somebody else is directly descended, especially somebody more distant than a grandparent 2. a predecessor of somebody, e.g. in the development of an art form 3. an animal or plant from which a species has evolved 4. a device that was an earlier form of a modern invention or was used as a basis for developing it 5. someone who is related to you who lived a long time ago 6. an earlier form from which something modern has developed 1. somebody from whom somebody else is directly descended, especially somebody more distant than a grandparent 2. a predecessor of somebody, e.g. in the development of an art form 3. an animal or plant from which a species has evolved 4. a device that was an earlier form of a modern invention or was used as a basis for developing it 5. someone who is related to you who lived a long time ago 6. an earlier form from which something modern has developed |
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