Ancestor



GRE 蓝宝 TOEFL 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 祖先, 祖宗
• ［英］ 祖先, 祖宗 ( any of the people from whom SB is descended)
• ［类］ 反义词: heirloom : ancestor / bequest : testator ( 传家宝是由祖先留下 / 遗产是由立遗嘱人留下)
• ［同］ 派生词: ancestry ( n. 世系line of ancestors)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English ancestre, from Anglo-French, from Latin antecessor predecessor, from antecedere to go before, from ante- + cedere to go
• Date: 13th century
• 1.
  • a. one from whom a person is descended and who is usually more remote in the line of descent than a grandparent
  • b. forefather 2
• 2. forerunner, prototype
• 3. a progenitor of a more recent or existing species or group

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