| 单词 | ancestor |
| 释义 | ancestor['ænsestə]n. 祖先, 祖宗 ancestor an.ces.tor AHD: [²n“sµs”t…r] D.J. [6#n7sest*]K.K. [6#n7sWst+]n.（名词）1. A person from whom one is descended, especially if more remote than a grandparent; a forebear.祖先，祖宗：繁衍后代的人，特别是远于祖父辈；前辈2. A forerunner or predecessor.前人，先驱：先行者或先驱3. Law The person from whom an estate has been inherited.【法律】 被继承人：一个人，从他那里财产可被继承4. Biology The actual or hypothetical organism or stock from which later kinds evolved.【生物学】 物种原形：演化成后来各物种的真实存在的或假设的有机物语源:1. Middle English auncestre 中古英语 auncestre 2. from Old French 源自 古法语 3. from Latin antecessor [predecessor] 源自 拉丁语 antecessor [先驱] 4. from antecessus [past participle of] antec¶dere [to precede] 源自 antecessus [] antec¶dere的过去分词 [在…之前] 5. ante- [ante-] ante- [前缀，表示“在…之前”] 6. c¶dere [to go] * see ked- c¶dere [走] *参见 ked- 参考词汇:1. ancestor,forebear,forefather,progenitor2. The central meaning shared by these nouns is “a person from whom one is descended”: 这些名词所共有的中心意思是“繁衍出后代的人”： the wisdom of our progenitors. &b{descendant} 祖先的智慧 descendant |
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