ancestor
- n.祖先;祖宗;(机器的)原型;(动物的)原种
复数： ancestors 派生词： ancestral adj.
an- 前 + cest 行走;前进 + -or 人/物
ancestornoun
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。
（动物的）原种
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
（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）。
her ancestral home (= that had belonged to her ancestors )
她的祖居
ancestor
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N-COUNT 祖宗;祖先
Your ancestors are the people from whom you are descended....our daily lives, so different from those of our ancestors...
与我们祖先的生活有着天壤之别的我们的日常生活
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N-COUNT 原种；原型
An ancestor of something modern is an earlier thing from which it developed.The direct ancestor of the modern cat was the Kaffir cat of ancient Egypt...
现代猫的直系原种是古埃及的卡菲尔猫。
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Direct descent from a particular ancestor ; ancestry .
血统；血情；源自于同一祖宗或父母血统。
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Celebration , relatives , event , tradition , custom , ancestor , flavor , frosting .
庆祝，亲戚，事件，传统，风俗习惯，祖宗，风味，糖霜。
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The three species evolved from a single ancestor .
这三种生物从同一祖先进化而来。
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His ancestors had come to America from Ireland .
他的祖先从爱尔兰来到美国。
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Many species have diverged from a single ancestor .
许多物种都是同宗演变而来的。
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He could trace his ancestors back seven hundred years .
他的先祖可以上溯到700年前。
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Her Chinese friends referred to the Empress as their venerable ancestor .
她的中国朋友们说这位女皇是他们值得敬仰的祖先。
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Diplomacy was in his blood : his ancestors had been feudal lords
他天生擅长交际：他的祖先曾是封建领主。
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The direct ancestor of the modern cat was the Kaffir cat of ancient Egypt
现代猫的直系原种是古埃及的卡菲尔猫。
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The immediate ancestor of rock ' n ' roll is rhythm-and-blues .
摇滚乐直接源自节奏布鲁斯。
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The King was on a private visit to enable him to pray at the tombs of his ancestors
国王以私人身份出访，以便能够祭拜先祖陵墓。
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My ancestors have lived on this farm for many generations .
我的祖先已在这个农场生活了好几代。
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His ancestors came from France .
他的先祖来自法国。
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Our ancestors merely made use of their hands to change nature .
我们的祖先只凭双手改造自然。
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This machine is the ancestor of the modern computer .
这台机器是现代电脑的始祖。
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The custom has come down to us from our ancestors .
这一习俗是从祖辈相传下来的。
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He was welsh , with the dark , stormy good looks of his ancestors .
他是威尔士人，有着他祖先那种暗黑和粗犷健美的外貌。
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The knocker is oblong in shape , and of the kind our ancestors called " jaquemart " .
铁锤是长方形的，像古时的钟锤。
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I have avenged my ancestors .
我已为我的祖先报了仇。
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She has worshiped her ancestor .
她已拜过她的祖先。
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Modern techniques for producing and shipping food led to greater variety and quantity , including a tremendous increase in the amount of animal protein and dairy products available , making us more vigorous than our ancestors .
生产和运输食品的现代技术使得食品更加多样化，数量更丰富，包括可购买的动物蛋白以及乳制品数量的大幍增加，这使得我们比自己的祖先更加有活力。
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The bone structure of our ancestors developed for millions of years to support a creature that walked on all fours and has a relatively small head ．
我们祖先的骨骼结构发展了数百万年,用来支撑一种四肢行走、头部相对较小的生物。
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It might tell you something about their ancestors from centuries ago !
它可能会告诉你一些几个世纪前他们祖先的事情！
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Nine-year-old Jimmy was given a task in school to write a story on " My family 's ancestors " .
九岁的吉米在学校接到一个任务,写一篇关于"我家族的祖先"的故事。
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Frankly6 , our ancestors don 't seem much to brag7 about .
坦白说，我们的祖先似乎没有多少好自夸的。
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Japan usually gives people 3 days off to go back to their hometowns to pay respect to their ancestors .
日本全国放假3天，让城里人返乡祭祖。
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When other people told him that the house was the one that his ancestors had lived in , his tears went down .
当别人告诉他这房子是他祖先居住的房子，他就泪下纵横。
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Fire brought warmth and brightness to the ancestors of humankind , and fire lit up human civilization .
火的应用促进了人类文明的发展，驱散黑暗、带来温暖。
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Don 't defile the land of our ancestors !
再不要污染我们先祖们的大地！
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When he was told that the tombs were his ancestors ' , he couldn 't help weeping .
得知一座坟茔是祖先的墓地，他禁不住放声大哭。
用在谱系或历史书中，强调带有父系或母系嫡系血缘关系，是比祖父母更早的家族成员，无性别之分，女性祖先则常用 ancestress。
His ancestors came from France.
他的先祖来自法国。
My ancestors have lived on this farm for many generations.
我的祖先已在这个农场生活了好几代。
主要用于正式文体或文学作品，较少用于日常生活或历史书中。
Our forefathers were the first to invent gunpowder.
我们的祖先最先发明了火药。
不强调血缘关系，也不带家族或种族色彩，只强调遗传性；还可引申指某种观念等的创始者。
You must do much better than your progenitors.
你一定要比你祖先做得更好。
He is a progenitor of cubism.
他是立体派的创始人。