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ancestor

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an·ces·tor /ˈænsəstə, -ses- $ -sestər/ ●●○ noun [countableC]  
1  FAMILYa 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  FIRSTthe 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/ adjectiveadj
 the family’s ancestral home
这个家族的祖居
Examples from the Corpus
ancestor• There had been twelve of the chairs originally, made in 1750 for an ancestor of ours in Jamestown.• During the festival of Obon, Japanese show respect to their dead ancestors.• It is also found at all levels, not just among our nearest evolutionary ancestors, the monkeys and the apes.• It's no surprise to learn that she numbers among her ancestors the Brothers Grimm.• His ancestor had been Gia Long, the emperor whose cause had been helped by Pigneau de Behaine.• My ancestors originally came form Ireland.• Blood, he tells us, was associated by our ancestors with iron, because of the red that hides within the ore.• Most of Luke's ancestors were Italian.• About 7 million years ago the ancestors of mankind began to diverge from the ancestors of modern chimpanzees.• This form developed bipedalism and other adaptations to the newly opening arid savannah landscape and eventually became the ancestor of man.• Ray was knocking them down one by one, unlike his tragic ancestor who only knocked himself down.
Origin ancestor
(1300-1400) Old French ancestre, from Latin antecessor “one who goes before”, from antecedere; → ANTECEDENT
an·ces·tor noun
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4793 COCA: 4137
ancestor

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + ANCESTOR ADJECTIVE➤direct直系祖先◇The builder of the house was a direct ancestor of the present owner.建造這幢房子的人就是它現在主人的一位直系祖先。➤immediate直接祖先▸➤ancient, distant, early, remote遠古時期的祖先；遠祖；早期的祖先◇a distant ancestor of mine我的一位遠祖◇Our earliest ancestors lived in a world fraught with danger.我們最早的祖先生活在一個充滿危險的世界裏。➤common共同的祖先◇The two species share a common ancestor.這兩個物種有一個共同的祖先。➤ape-like, human像猿的／人類的祖先▸➤illustrious傑出的祖先◇The Romans built these monuments to glorify their illustrious ancestors.羅馬人修建這些紀念碑來頌揚他們傑出的祖先。➤literary, spiritual, etc. (figurative) 文學、精神等先驅◇He claims as his literary ancestors such giants as Henry James and William Faulkner.他將亨利・詹姆斯和威廉・福克納等文學巨匠稱作自己的先驅。VERB + ANCESTOR➤be descended from, have, share為⋯的後裔；有祖先；擁有共同的祖先◇A lot of the people there are descended from a common ancestor.那裏的很多人都是同一祖先的後代。➤trace (especially BrE) 追溯祖先◇He can trace his ancestors back to the reign of Elizabeth I.他的祖先可以追溯到伊麗莎白一世統治時期。➤honour/honor尊重祖先◇They honour / honor their ancestors and believe in the spirits of nature.他們尊重先輩，信仰自然神靈。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4793 COCA: 4137
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4793 COCA: 4137
ancestor
Ancestors: ancestor, ancestry, antecedents...
Old (of things): aged, ageing, age-old...

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