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

• 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 domesticated various plant and animal species.
  我们的祖先驯化了各种动植物。
• From our ancestors we receive wonderful seeds.
  我们从祖先那里继承了美妙的种子。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• He could trace his ancestors back seven hundred years.
  他的先祖可以上溯到700年前。
• 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。
• 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。
• Protection and carry forward the ancestors left over from natural and cultural heritage.
  保护和弘扬祖先留下来的自然和文化遗产的任务。