新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

ancestor

英  [ˈænsestə]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词
  • ancestors

    1[C 可数名词] 祖先

    Your ancestors are the people from whom you are descended.

    近义词

    forefather

    双语例句

    例:

    our daily lives, so different from those of our ancestors.

    我们的日常生活,与我们祖先的生活如此不同。

    2[C 可数名词] 物种原型

    An ancestor of something modern is an earlier thing from which it developed.

    双语例句

    例:

    The direct ancestor of the modern cat was the Kaffir cat of ancient Egypt.

    现代猫的直系物种原型是古代埃及的卡菲尔猫。

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