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 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？
• I have avenged my ancestors.
  我已为我的祖先报了仇。
• I thought all my ancestors would descend from heaven to congratulate me.
  我当时以为，我的祖先会从天而降来向我道贺。
• You have all honored your country and your ancestors.
  你们都为国家和祖先赢得过光荣。
• My ancestors also brought back the resplendent western civilization, such as medicine and calendar.
  我的先祖们也带回了璀璨的西方文明，如医学与历算。
• Our ancestors merely made use of their hands to change nature.
  我们的祖先只凭双手改造自然。
• Our ancestors discovered and made good use of this objective time, which created the solar calendar.
  我们的祖先很早就发现了和利用了这个客观时间，因此制定出公历和农历（阴历）。
• 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。
• 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。