ancestor
ancestor 英 [ˈænsestə(r)] 美 [ˈænˌsɛstɚ]
n. 祖先；原型
名词复数:ancestors
- An ancestor came before. Your grandmother's grandmother and any relative before her is one of your ancestors.
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- n. 祖先；原型
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1. His ancestors had come to America from Ireland.
他的祖先从爱尔兰来到美国。
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2. 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
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3. 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）。
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4. her ancestral home
她的祖居
- ancestor (n.) "one from whom a person is descended," c. 1300, ancestre, antecessour, from Old French ancestre, ancessor "ancestor, forebear, forefather" (12c., Modern French ancêtre), from Late Latin antecessor "predecessor," literally "fore-goer," agent noun from past participle stem of Latin antecedere "to precede," from ante "before" (from PIE root *ant- "front, forehead," with derivatives meaning "in front of, before") + cedere "to go" (from PIE root *ked- "to go, yield"). Current form from early 15c. Feminine form ancestress recorded from 1570s.
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