ancestor

noun

1. 祖宗；祖先
   a person in your family who lived a long time ago
   1. His ancestors had come to America from Ireland.
      他的祖先从爱尔兰来到美国。
2. （动物的）原种
   an animal that lived in the past which a modern animal has developed from
   1. a reptile that was the common ancestor of lizards and turtles
      作为蜥蜴和龟的共同原种的一种爬行动物
3. （机器的）原型
   an early form of a machine which later became more developed
   1. The ancestor of the modern bicycle was called a penny-farthing.
      现代自行车的原型称作penny-farthing（一种前轮大后轮小的自行车）。

1. N-COUNT 祖宗;祖先
   Your ancestors are 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。
2. N-COUNT 原种；原型
   An ancestor of something 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。

1. He could trace his ancestors back seven hundred years.
   他的先祖可以上溯到700年前。
2. 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。
3. The immediate ancestor of rock 'n' roll is rhythm-and-blues.
   摇滚乐直接源自节奏布鲁斯。
4. Her Chinese friends referred to the Empress as their venerable ancestor.
   她的中国朋友们说这位女皇是他们值得敬仰的祖先。
5. This machine is the ancestor of the modern computer.
   这台机器是现代电脑的始祖。
6. She has worshiped her ancestor.
   她已拜过她的祖先。
7. Rather than compare two changed models, the tooling compares each changed model to their common ancestor.
   工具会将每一个变更的模型与它们的共同起始相比较，而不是比较两个变更了的模型。
8. It is the ancestor of karate and jujitsu.
   功夫起源于中国，是空手道和柔术的祖先。
9. A person considered as descended from some ancestor or race.
   被认为是从祖先和家族传下来的人。
10. Mr. Smith and the queen have a common ancestor in king Charles II.
    查理二世国王是史密斯先生和女王的共同祖先。
11. In yet another lifetime, this initiate's ancestor was a Pharaoh's wife in ancient Egypt.
    而在另一生中，这一提升者的祖先是古埃及法老的一名妻子。
12. Of the same lineage or origin; having a common ancestor.
    同宗的同血统或同源；有共同祖先的。
13. Since then, all of the Mongols is only one ancestor, that is Genghis Khan.
    从此之后，所有的蒙古人只承认一个祖先，就是成吉思汗。
14. Panhu and Wang Yao is set totem worship and ancestor worship.
    而盘瓠和盘王是瑶族的图腾崇拜和祖先崇拜。
15. After all, I call someone my cousin if she and I have a common ancestor.
    毕竟，我找我的表哥，如果她和我有共同的祖先。
16. Each big families all have own ancestral hall, is consecrating this family ancestor in there.
    每个大家庭都有自己的宗祠，在那里供奉着这个家庭的祖先。
17. Relationship between people who have a common ancestor.
    有共同祖先人与人之间的关系。
18. The ideas behind this are probably very old, stemming from ancestor worship rather than Buddhism.
    也许这种隐含的意思非常古老，它起源于对祖先而不是佛教的崇拜。
19. Traditional Chinese religion, especially ancestor worship, was important in the lives of Chinese immigrants.
    中国传统的宗教，尤其是祖先崇拜，是很重要的，在生活中的中国移民。
20. From this union was born Aeneas, the mythical ancestor of the Roman people.
    他们结合后生下艾尼阿斯，他是神话中说的罗马人的祖先。
21. Olympic torch did not originate from the memorial of Prometheus, but from the man's worship of ancestor.
    奥运圣火并不是起源于人类对恩神普罗米修斯的纪念，而是起源于他们的祖先崇拜。
22. The process from nature worship, Totem worship to ancestor worship is continuously strengthening humans.
    从自然崇拜、图腾崇拜到祖先崇拜的过程，是古蜀人不断强化人的尺度的过程。
23. Is it because of my own sins, or my ancestor's sins?
    是因为我的罪还是因为我祖宗的罪？
24. In the last lifetime, this initiate's ancestor was a hard working farmer.
    在最后一生中，这一提升者的祖先是一个努力工作的农夫。
25. Differing from Newton and Schopenhauer, your ancestor did not think of time as absolute and uniform.
    您的祖先和牛顿、叔本华不同的地方是他认为时间没有同一性和绝对性。
26. With the development of the crust and its continents, a recognizable ancestor of our present earth appeared.
    随着地壳和它的大陆的演变，我们现在的地球的可辨认原型就出现了。
27. This is a piece of heroic myth, but not the first ancestor myth in strict significance.
    这是一则英雄神话而不是严格意义上的始祖神话。
28. Allow this ancestor to share about the karma and experiences that they had when they were alive.
    允许这名祖先分享一些他们在世时相关的业力和经历。
29. That is when orangutans and other great apes last had a common ancestor.
    那是猩猩和其他大猿猴共有一个祖先的最后时间段。
30. Studies suggest that life originated only once, from a single ancestor.
    研究表明，生命现象是一次性地从单一的祖先起源的。

  ancestor forefather progenitor【导航词义：祖先】

  ancestor n. 祖先，祖宗

〔辨析〕用在谱系或历史书中，强调带有父系或母系嫡系血缘关系，是比祖父母更早的家族成员，无性别之分，女性祖先则常用 ancestress。

  forefather n. （尤指男性的）祖先，祖宗

〔辨析〕主要用于正式文体或文学作品，较少用于日常生活或历史书中。

  progenitor n. 〈正式〉（人或动物的）祖先；先驱

〔辨析〕不强调血缘关系，也不带家族或种族色彩，只强调遗传性；还可引申指某种观念等的创始者。

noun

1. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

   Synonym:    ascendantascendentantecedentroot