ancestors
英 [ˈænsɪstəz]
美 [ˈænˌsɛstərz]
n. 祖宗; 祖先; (动物的)原种; (机器的)原型
ancestor的复数
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 祖宗;祖先
Yourancestorsare the people from whom you are descended.- ...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。
- ...our daily lives, so different from those of our ancestors...
- N-COUNT 原种;原型
Anancestor ofsomething modern is an earlier thing from which it developed.- 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。
- The direct ancestor of the modern cat was the Kaffir cat of ancient Egypt...
双语例句
- The ancestors of many English people were the ancient Angles and Saxons.
许多英国人的祖先是古盎格鲁和撒克逊人。 - They used to think that we inherited this tendency from our animal ancestors.
他们过去认为我们是从我们的动物祖先身上遗传的这种倾向。 - The knocker is oblong in shape, and of the kind our ancestors called "jaquemart".
铁锤是长方形的,像古时的钟锤。 - I could understand the Chinese respect for ancestors a little better.
关于中国人对祖先的尊敬我又有了一些更好的理解。 - He was welsh, with the dark, stormy good looks of his ancestors.
他是威尔士人,有着他祖先那种暗黑和粗犷健美的外貌。 - He could trace his ancestors back seven hundred years.
他的先祖可以上溯到700年前。 - I choose to forgive my ancestors and you and all others participating in this dance forevermore.
我选择永远宽恕我的祖先以及你和所有其他参与这个舞蹈的人。 - I have avenged my ancestors.
我已为我的祖先报了仇。 - Have modern Americans lost the pioneering spirit of their ancestors?
现代美国人是否已失去了其先辈所具有的开拓精神? - No descendents to show reverence to ancestors.
没有后代对祖先表现敬畏和尊敬。