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 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。
• No descendents to show reverence to ancestors.
  没有后代对祖先表现敬畏和尊敬。
• 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？
• 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。
• The custom has come down to us from our ancestors.
  这一习俗是从祖辈相传下来的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Diplomacy was in his blood: his ancestors had been feudal lords
  他天生擅长交际：他的祖先曾是封建领主。
• 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。
• 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。