ancestor
祖宗
常用释义
英音[ ˈænsestə(r) ]
美音[ ˈænsestər ]
变形
复数:
ancestors
基本释义
- n. 祖先，祖宗；（动植物）原种；原型，雏形
考试频率
中考
考频：近六年出现1次
- n. 祖先 最常考
例句
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1·Her Chinese friends referred to the empress as their venerable ancestor.她的中国朋友们称那位皇后是令他们尊敬的祖先。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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2·Their ancestor is different from that of micro bats.它们的祖先与微型蝙蝠的祖先不同。
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3·My ancestor was a preacher, traveling around the countryside.我的祖先是一位游历于乡间的传教士。
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4·The common detailed design found among the pinnipeds probably indicates a common ancestor.在鳍足类动物中发现的共同的细节设计，这可能说明了它们有一个共同的祖先。
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5·There is only one explanation for that at the molecular level, which is a common ancestor.对分子水平只有一种解释，那就是共同的祖先。
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6·There's the whole idea—we've already given you some sense that the Greeks were ancestor worshippers.这就是整个观点——我们已经给了你们古希腊人对祖先甚是尊敬的感觉。
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7·They share a more recent ancestor with Drosera sundews, which can also curl their leaves over their prey.它们与毛毡苔有着更近代的祖先，毛毡苔也可以将树叶卷起来盖住猎物。
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8·Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews argued at the time that the whale must be a throwback to a land-living ancestor.探险家罗伊·查普曼·安德鲁斯当时认为，鲸鱼一定是一种返祖的陆地生物。
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9·Talbot's "calotype" was the first negative-to-positive process and the direct ancestor of the modern photograph.塔尔博特的“卡罗式摄影法”是第一种用负片洗印正片的方法，这种方法是现代摄影技术的直系鼻祖。
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10·Look to many of history's cultural symbols, and there you'll find an ancestor of Frosty, the snowman in the movie Frozen.看看历史上许多的文化符号，你会在那里找到《冰雪奇缘》中弗罗斯特的祖先。
网络释义
- ancestor worship : 祖先崇拜；祭祖；敬奉祖先
同义词
n.
始祖，[生物]祖先；被继承人
同根词
词根：
ancestry
词语辨析
ancestor/forefather/progenitor.导航词义：祖先
ancestor:n. 祖先，祖宗.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。
forefather:n. （尤指男性的）祖先，祖宗.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。
progenitor:n. （人或动物的）祖先；先驱.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。