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B2 a person related to you who lived a long time ago祖先,祖宗

There were portraits of his ancestors on the walls of the room.房间墙壁上挂着他祖先的画像。
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a plant, animal, or object that is related to one existing at a later point in time(动植物)原种;(物体)原型

This wooden instrument is the ancestor of the modern metal flute.这种木质乐器是现代金属长笛的雏形。

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Twelve thousand years ago, our ancestors were primitive savages living in caves.

Apparently his ancestors came over from France in the 11th century.

She claims that Mary Queen of Scots is one of her distant ancestors.

These bones come from an animal that is the ancestor of the modern horse.

Archaeology can tell us a lot about how our Iron-Age ancestors lived.

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4793 COCA: 4137
ancestor

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ADJECTIVE | VERB + ANCESTOR ADJECTIVEdirect直系祖先The builder of the house was a direct ancestor of the present owner.建造這幢房子的人就是它現在主人的一位直系祖先。immediate直接祖先ancient, distant, early, remote遠古時期的祖先;遠祖;早期的祖先a distant ancestor of mine我的一位遠祖Our earliest ancestors lived in a world fraught with danger.我們最早的祖先生活在一個充滿危險的世界裏。common共同的祖先The two species share a common ancestor.這兩個物種有一個共同的祖先。ape-like, human像猿的/人類的祖先illustrious傑出的祖先The Romans built these monuments to glorify their illustrious ancestors.羅馬人修建這些紀念碑來頌揚他們傑出的祖先。literary, spiritual, etc. (figurative) 文學、精神等先驅He claims as his literary ancestors such giants as Henry James and William Faulkner.他將亨利・詹姆斯和威廉・福克納等文學巨匠稱作自己的先驅。VERB + ANCESTORbe descended from, have, share為⋯的後裔;有祖先;擁有共同的祖先A lot of the people there are descended from a common ancestor.那裏的很多人都是同一祖先的後代。trace (especially BrE) 追溯祖先He can trace his ancestors back to the reign of Elizabeth I.他的祖先可以追溯到伊麗莎白一世統治時期。honour/honor尊重祖先They honour / honor their ancestors and believe in the spirits of nature.他們尊重先輩,信仰自然神靈。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4793 COCA: 4137
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4793 COCA: 4137
ancestor
Ancestors: ancestor, ancestry, antecedents...
Old (of things): aged, ageing, age-old...

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