forebear

英 ['fɔːbeə(r)] 美 ['fɔːrber]

• n. 祖先；祖宗
• =forbear.

英英释义

Noun:

1. a person from whom you are descended

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Our forebear might even teach us a few old tricks that could be used to help the living.
   祖先甚至可以教我们一些有助于生活的古老窍门。

经典引文

• Their forebears had perhaps come on a later wave of European migration.

  出自： W. Maxwell

近反义词

【近义词】

• forefather 祖先
• ancestor 祖宗
• forerunner 先驱
• antecedent 前情
• predecessor 祖先
• precursor 先驱
• grandparent (外)祖父(母)...
• forbear 忍耐