| 释义 |
ancestor/ˈænsestə/n. (fem. ancestress /-stris/) 1 any (esp. remote) person from whom one is descended 祖先，祖宗 2 an early type of animal or plant from which others have evolved (动、植物的)始祖，原种 3 an early prototype or forerunner 早期形态或先驱 ancestor of the computer 早期的电脑 [Middle English via Old French ancestre from Latin antecessor -oris, from antecedere (as ANTE-, cedere cess- ‘go’)] |