ancestor

英 ['ænsestə(r)] 美 ['ænsestər]

• n. 祖宗；祖先；原种

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

详尽释义

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）

英英释义

Noun:

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

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。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. She has worshiped her ancestor.
   她已拜过她的祖先。
2. This machine is the ancestor of the modern computer.
   这台机器是现代电脑的始祖。

经典引文

• St. Peter..the spiritual ancestor of the Bishop of Rome.

  出自： H. H. Milman

• It is believed that his [the Suffolk's] ancestors were the horses of the Norsemen.

  出自： M. C. Self

• In the rites of ancestor worship the child imitated the gestures of his grandfather.

  出自： F. Fitzgerald

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

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. 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。
2. ancestor表示“…是…的祖先”时,须用介词to。

近反义词

【近义词】

• forebear

【反义词】

• descendant