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 King was on a private visit to enable him to pray at the tombs of his ancestors
  国王以私人身份出访，以便能够祭拜先祖陵墓。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• GENEALOGY: This can be a long-term project that can help you learn about your ancestors and history.
  家谱：这是一项长期的计划，可以帮你了解你的祖先和历史。
• 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）。
• The ancestors of the Chinese people like other nations experienced a clan commune period.
  中国人的先祖和世界上其他民族一样，都经历了氏族公社时期。