英语单词短语词组“ancestor”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析-英汉词典

ancestor

noun[C]

/ˈæn.ses.tər/us

/ˈæn.ses.tɚ/

apersonrelatedto you wholivedalongtimeago:

祖先，祖宗

There wereportraitsof his ancestors on thewallsof theroom.房间墙壁上挂着他祖先的画像。

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your ancestors

ancestorI discovered that one of my ancestors was a member of King Henry VIII's court.
forebearMy forebears were enslaved and brought to this country.
forefatherI visited the land of my forefathers.
ancestryDNA tests tell me that I have Central Asian ancestry.
extractionMy family is of Italian extraction.
family treeSince many families will be gathering for the holiday, it's a perfect time to create a family tree.

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aplant,animal, orobjectthat isrelatedto oneexistingat alaterpointintime:

（动植物）原种；（物体）原型

Thiswoodeninstrumentis the ancestor of themodernmetalflute.这种木质乐器是现代金属长笛的雏形。

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Twelve thousandyearsago,ourancestors wereprimitivesavageslivingincaves.
Apparently his ancestors came over from France in the 11thcentury.
Sheclaimsthat Mary Queen ofScotsis one of herdistantancestors.
Thesebonescome from ananimalthat is the ancestor of themodernhorse.
Archaeology cantellus a lot about howourIron-Age ancestorslived.

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Family: ancestors & descendants

ancestral
ancestry
be in the/someone'sbloodidiom
blood
blood is thicker than wateridiom
bloodline
distaff
family tree
forbear
forebear
forefather
genealogy
generation
heraldic
heraldry
lineage
lineal
run in the familyidiom
sandwich generation
successor

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ancestral

(Definition ofancestorfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

ancestor| American Dictionary

ancestor

noun[C]

/ˈænˌses·tər,-səs-/

anymemberofyourfamilyfromlongago, forexample, thegrandparentsofyourgrandparents:

Hereturnedto Ecuador, where his mother’s ancestorslived.

ancestral

adjective[not gradable]us

/ænˈses·trəl/

Hewantedtotourhis family's ancestralhomeland, Germany.

ancestry

noun[Cusually sing]us

/ˈænˌses·tri,-səs-/

She was ofSpanishand Iroquois ancestry.

(Definition ofancestorfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofancestor

ancestor

Their possession of the bundles would have identified them as lineage heads, those most directly descended from the divine ancestors.

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The seed from which the tree is grown consists of its rightmost left and leftmost right ancestors, initially the two pseudo-nodes.

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Under protobiological conditions, peptides could have spontaneously formed and organized into simple, functional structures that were ancestors of modern protein channels and receptors.

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Aboriginal heritage and knowledge of family and ancestors relied on oral traditions that were disrupted and mostly destroyed by colonisation.

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What's more, this pressure would have been independent of our ancestors' cognitive abilities or social structures at the time.

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Initiates pored over the book's photographs of famous ancestors, getting me to translate passages, which were then discussed and criticised.

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The dual for downwards accumulations of the function subtrees is the function paths, which replaces each element of a tree with that element's ancestors.

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We must belong to a particular reproductive community, sharing certain ancestors.

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All this increases people's freedom to shape their identities in a way that their ancestors could not have possibly imagined.

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A division of the world is also found in relation to lineages and ancestors associated with a par ticular place.

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Feasts maintain relationships between the living and ancestors.

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Eventually, soon after the beginning of the civil war, he judged the time ripe for reclaiming all the former power and wealth of his ancestors.

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Both of these place names associate the caves with ancestors, and the latter specifically with divine ancestors.

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They are unlikely to have formed a kin group with a commonly recognized set of ancestors.

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Both must turn their backs on the inhuman voices which were those of their respective ancestors in order that authentic communication be possible.

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Collocationswithancestor

ancestor

These are words often used in combination withancestor.

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ancestor worship

I am not bowled over by ancestor worship.

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common ancestor

And is there onecommonancestorfor sauceboat, saucebox, saucepan, and saucy?

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deceased ancestor

Names given to a young person after going through a rite of passage would most likely be taken from a deceased ancestor of the family.

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单词	ancestor
释义	ancestor noun[C] uk /ˈæn.ses.tər/us /ˈæn.ses.tɚ/ B2 apersonrelatedto you wholivedalongtimeago: 祖先，祖宗 There wereportraitsof his ancestors on thewallsof theroom.房间墙壁上挂着他祖先的画像。 Compare descendant Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples your ancestors ancestorI discovered that one of my ancestors was a member of King Henry VIII's court. forebearMy forebears were enslaved and brought to this country. forefatherI visited the land of my forefathers. ancestryDNA tests tell me that I have Central Asian ancestry. extractionMy family is of Italian extraction. family treeSince many families will be gathering for the holiday, it's a perfect time to create a family tree. See more results » aplant,animal, orobjectthat isrelatedto oneexistingat alaterpointintime: （动植物）原种；（物体）原型 Thiswoodeninstrumentis the ancestor of themodernmetalflute.这种木质乐器是现代金属长笛的雏形。 More examples Twelve thousandyearsago,ourancestors wereprimitivesavageslivingincaves. Apparently his ancestors came over from France in the 11thcentury. Sheclaimsthat Mary Queen ofScotsis one of herdistantancestors. Thesebonescome from ananimalthat is the ancestor of themodernhorse. Archaeology cantellus a lot about howourIron-Age ancestorslived. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Family: ancestors & descendants ancestral ancestry be in the/someone'sbloodidiom blood blood is thicker than wateridiom bloodline distaff family tree forbear forebear forefather genealogy generation heraldic heraldry lineage lineal run in the familyidiom sandwich generation successor See more results » Related word ancestral (Definition ofancestorfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press) ancestor\| American Dictionary ancestor noun[C] us /ˈænˌses·tər,-səs-/ anymemberofyourfamilyfromlongago, forexample, thegrandparentsofyourgrandparents: Hereturnedto Ecuador, where his mother’s ancestorslived. ancestral adjective[not gradable]us /ænˈses·trəl/ Hewantedtotourhis family's ancestralhomeland, Germany. ancestry noun[Cusually sing]us /ˈænˌses·tri,-səs-/ She was ofSpanishand Iroquois ancestry. (Definition ofancestorfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press) Examplesofancestor ancestor Their possession of the bundles would have identified them as lineage heads, those most directly descended from the divine ancestors. From theCambridge English Corpus The seed from which the tree is grown consists of its rightmost left and leftmost right ancestors, initially the two pseudo-nodes. From theCambridge English Corpus Under protobiological conditions, peptides could have spontaneously formed and organized into simple, functional structures that were ancestors of modern protein channels and receptors. From theCambridge English Corpus Aboriginal heritage and knowledge of family and ancestors relied on oral traditions that were disrupted and mostly destroyed by colonisation. From theCambridge English Corpus What's more, this pressure would have been independent of our ancestors' cognitive abilities or social structures at the time. From theCambridge English Corpus Initiates pored over the book's photographs of famous ancestors, getting me to translate passages, which were then discussed and criticised. From theCambridge English Corpus The dual for downwards accumulations of the function subtrees is the function paths, which replaces each element of a tree with that element's ancestors. From theCambridge English Corpus We must belong to a particular reproductive community, sharing certain ancestors. From theCambridge English Corpus All this increases people's freedom to shape their identities in a way that their ancestors could not have possibly imagined. From theCambridge English Corpus A division of the world is also found in relation to lineages and ancestors associated with a par ticular place. From theCambridge English Corpus Feasts maintain relationships between the living and ancestors. From theCambridge English Corpus Eventually, soon after the beginning of the civil war, he judged the time ripe for reclaiming all the former power and wealth of his ancestors. From theCambridge English Corpus Both of these place names associate the caves with ancestors, and the latter specifically with divine ancestors. From theCambridge English Corpus They are unlikely to have formed a kin group with a commonly recognized set of ancestors. From theCambridge English Corpus Both must turn their backs on the inhuman voices which were those of their respective ancestors in order that authentic communication be possible. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocationswithancestor ancestor These are words often used in combination withancestor. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. ancestor worship I am not bowled over by ancestor worship. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 common ancestor And is there onecommonancestorfor sauceboat, saucebox, saucepan, and saucy? From theCambridge English Corpus deceased ancestor Names given to a young person after going through a rite of passage would most likely be taken from a deceased ancestor of the family. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/ancestor##
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