音标:['ænsestә] ; 柯林斯词典等级:2 级;
n. 祖先, 祖宗
n. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
词型变化:名词复数形式 : ancestors
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ancestor的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. During the festival the investor investigated his ancestor.节日期间投资者调查了他的祖宗。
  2. They said their ancestor was a famous hunter and a crack hunter.他们说他们的祖宗是个有名的猎人,也是个神枪手。
  3. People who share an ancestor are called relatives.有同一个祖先的叫做亲戚。
  4. She has worshipped her ancestor.她已拜过她的祖先。
  5. One of my ancestors was a great scholar.我的祖先当中有一位是伟大的学者。
  6. The abacus is the ancestor of the modern computer.算盘是现代电脑的原型。
  7. The three species evolved from a single ancestor.这三种生物从同一原种进化而来。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. She has worshiped her ancestor.她已拜过她的祖先。
  2. This machine is the ancestor of the modern computer.这台机器是现代电脑的始祖。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
形容词+~
  • a common ancestor同一个祖先
  • remote ancestor远古祖先
名词+~
  • noble ancestors名门
~+名词
  • ancestor worship祭祖

经典引文

  • St. Peter..the spiritual ancestor of the Bishop of Rome.

    出自:H. H. Milman
  • It is believed that his [the Suffolk's] ancestors were the horses of the Norsemen.

    出自:M. C. Self
  • In the rites of ancestor worship the child imitated the gestures of his grandfather.

    出自:F. Fitzgerald
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