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单词 ancestor
释义
N41707017ancestorSpoken.419Fiction.1388Magazine.1684Newspaper.815Academic.2711

ancestor

/ˈænsestə(r)/
noun
1
a person, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended
祖先:

he could trace his ancestors back to James the First.

他可以把先祖追溯到詹姆斯一世。

1.1
an early type of animal or plant from which others have evolved
(动植物的)原种。
1.2
an early version of a machine, artefact, system, etc., which later became more developed
(机械、人工制品或制度等的)原型。
词源
Middle English: from Old French ancestre, from Latin antecessor, from antecedere, from ante 'before' + cedere 'go'.
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