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

• Have you been back to the place where your ancestors lived, worked, studied and played?
  您是回到您的祖先居住的地方，工作了，学习和使用？
• 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？
• 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。
• Stone tools that were unearthed there indicate the early cultural capabilities of our human ancestors.
  这里出土的石器说明了我们人类祖先的早期文化和才能。
• From our ancestors we receive wonderful seeds.
  我们从祖先那里继承了美妙的种子。
• I intend to forgive myself and my ancestors for polluting and harming earth in my personal history.
  我要去谅解在我个人史上污染并伤害过地球的我自己和我的祖先们。
• Our ancestors domesticated various plant and animal species.
  我们的祖先驯化了各种动植物。
• 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。
• Our ancestors built this wall.
  我们的祖先修筑了这道墙。
• I hope he grew up, also keep in mind: Our ancestors are Chinese.
  我希望他长大了，也能记住：我们的祖宗是中国人。