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.
  1. ...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
  2. He could trace his ancestors back seven hundred years.
     他的先祖可以上溯到700年前。
• N-COUNT 原种；原型
  Anancestor ofsomething modern is an earlier thing from which it developed.
  1. 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。
  2. The immediate ancestor of rock 'n' roll is rhythm-and-blues.
     摇滚乐直接源自节奏布鲁斯。

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。