| 单词 | ancestor |
| 释义 | ancestor /an"ses teuhr/ or, esp. Brit., /-seuh steuhr/, n. 1. a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor. 2. Biol. the actual or hypothetical form or stock from which an organism has developed or descended. 3. an object, idea, style, or occurrence serving as a prototype, forerunner, or inspiration to a later one: The balloon is an ancestor of the modern dirigible. 4. a person who serves as an influence or model for another; one from whom mental, artistic, spiritual, etc., descent is claimed: a philosophical ancestor. 5. Law. a person from whom an heir derives an inheritance. [1250-1300; ME ancestre < OF (with t developed between s and r) < L antecessor ANTECESSOR] |
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