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Ancestor N Count Modern 例:The Cat 英[ˈænsestə(R 美[ˈænˌsɛstɚ N.祖先,祖宗;被继承人;原型;(动物的)原种,先祖

单词 ancestor
音标
英[ˈænsestə(r)] 美[ˈænˌsɛstɚ]
解释
n.祖先,祖宗;被继承人;原型;(动物的)原种,先祖;
例句

N-COUNT
祖宗;祖先
Your ancestors are the people from whom you are descended.
例:...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
例:He could trace his ancestors back seven hundred years.他的先祖可以上溯到700年前。

N-COUNT
原种;原型
An ancestor of something modern is an earlier thing from which it developed.
例: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。
例:The immediate ancestor of rock 'n' roll is rhythm-and-blues.摇滚乐直接源自节奏布鲁斯。
变形
pl:ancestors~adj:ancestral~

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