| 单词 | ancestor |
| 释义 | ancestorancestor /ˈænˌsɛstɚ/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1a member of your family who lived a long time ago: Most of Luke’s ancestors were Italian.► see thesaurus at family12the ancestor of something the form in which a modern machine, vehicle, etc. first existed: Babbage’s invention was the ancestor of the modern computer. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French ancestre, from Latin antecessor one who goes before] → see also descendant—ancestral /ænˈsɛstrəl/ adjective |
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