ancestor

[‘ænsestə(r)]     美 [‘ænsestər]    

n. 祖宗;祖先;原种

考点牛津朗文柯林韦氏
一、真题好句
ancestor 选择性必修1000 全国卷频次:1 教材出处:译林版选必修B3U1
/ˈænsəstə(r), ˈænsestə(r)/ /ˈænˌsɛstər, ˈænsəstər/
n. ancestors 0
祖先,祖宗
高考真题原句选:
Cory Luxmoore arrived from England to deliver the diary of his ancestor to the Library Company.
and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors lived for 200 years.

二、词组|习惯用语
ancestor worship 祖先崇拜;祭祖;敬奉祖先

三、词根记忆 [12060](090529)

ancestor
n.
祖宗,祖先;原型,先驅During the festival the investor investigated his ancestor.節日期間投資者調查了他的祖宗.
祖先;祖宗(an=ante+cest=cess+or→走在前面的人→祖先)[ced,ceed,cess=go,表示”行走,前進”]

an·ces·tor / 5AnsestE(r) /
noun
1. a person in your family who lived a long time ago
祖宗;祖先:
His ancestors had come to America from Ireland.
他的祖先从爱尔兰来到美国。
SYN forebear
2. an animal that lived in the past which a modern animal has developed from
(动物的)原种:
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
3. an early form of a machine which later became more developed
(机器的)原型
SYN forerunner :
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)。
⇨ compare descendant
• an·ces·tral / An5sestrEl / adj.:
her ancestral home (= that had belonged to her ancestors )
她的祖居

ancestor /ˈænsəstə, -ses- $ -sestər/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1  a member of your family who lived a long time ago 祖先,祖宗 → descendant
My ancestors were French.
我的祖先是法国人。
► see thesaurus at relative
2  an animal that lived in the past, that modern animals have developed from 〔动物的〕原种,祖先
Lions and house cats evolved from a common ancestor (=the same ancestor).
狮子和家猫从共同的原种进化而来。
3  the form in which a modern machine, vehicle etc first existed 〔现代机器、车辆等的〕原型 SYN forerunner
ancestor of
Babbage’s invention was the ancestor of the modern computer.
巴比奇的发明是现代计算机的原型。
—ancestral /ænˈsestrəl/ adjective
the family’s ancestral home
这个家族的祖居
Origin ancestor (1300-1400) Old French ancestre, from Latin antecessor “one who goes before”, from antecedere; → ANTECEDENT

ancestor ★★☆☆☆
1.N-COUNT 可数名词祖宗;祖先 Your ancestors are the people from whom you are descended.

【搭配模式】:usu pl
…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

He could trace his ancestors back seven hundred years.

他的先祖可以上溯到700年前。

2.N-COUNT 可数名词原种;原型 An ancestor of something modern is an earlier thing from which it developed.

【搭配模式】:usu N of n
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。

The immediate ancestor of rock ‘n’ roll is rhythm-and-blues.

摇滚乐直接源自节奏布鲁斯。

ancestor /ˈænˌsɛstɚ/ noun
plural ancestors [count] 1
: a person who was in someone’s family in past times : one of the people from whom a person is descended祖先;祖宗
My ancestors came to America during the 1800s.
我的祖先19世纪初来到美国。
Her ancestors were great sea captains.
她的祖上是了不起的航海船长。
2
: an animal in the past from which a modern animal developed(动物的)原种
an ancient animal that was the ancestor of the modern horse
作为现代马的原种的一种古代动物
3
: something in the past from which something else has developed原型;雏形
The museum included an exhibit showing ancestors of the modern computer.
博物馆的展览包括现代计算机原型的展示。
several languages that are derived from a common ancestor
几种同源的语言
Latin is the ancestor of Italian and French.
拉丁语是意大利语和法语的始祖。
— ancestral /ænˈsɛstrəl/ adjective
We returned to our ancestral home [=the home of our ancestors] after many years.
多年以后我们回到了祖居。

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