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    ancestor 的英语意思

    ancestorancestor /ˈænsəstə, -ses- $ -sestər/ noun [countable] 查看全部语言翻译1a member of your family who lived a long time ago很久以前生活过的家族成员;祖先descendant:  My ancestors were French.我的祖先是法国人。 see thesaurus at relative2an animal that lived in the past, that modern animals have developed from曾生活于过去、现代动物由其演化而来的动物:  Lions and house cats evolved from a common ancestor (=the same ancestor).狮子和家猫由共同的祖先(即同一祖先)进化而来。3the form in which a modern machine, vehicle etc first existed现代机器、交通工具等最初存在的形式;原型 SYN  forerunnerancestor of Babbage’s invention was the ancestor of the modern computer.巴贝奇的发明是现代计算机的雏形。ancestral /ænˈsestrəl/ adjective:  the family’s ancestral home这个家族的祖居