ancestor
US
UK ancestor n: (human: predecessor)
SC 祖宗 zǔ zōng
TC 祖宗
TC 祖宗
SC 祖先 zǔ zōng，zǔ xiān
TC 祖先
TC 祖先
My ancestors were Normans who settled in England.
我的祖先是在英国定居的诺曼人。
ancestor n: (species: earlier form) (物种)
SC 原种，物种原形 yuán zhǒng ，wù zhǒng yuán xíng
The ancestor of all domestic dogs was a prehistoric wolf.
所有家养狗的物种原型都是史前狼。
ancestor n: figurative (idea, invention: earlier version) (比喻，主意、发明等的)
SC 原型 yuán xíng
The pocket watch used by Victorian gentlemen was the ancestor of the wristwatch.
维多利亚时期绅士们所使用的怀表就是现在手表的原型。
- in the blink of an eye
- in the buff
- in the can
- in the clear
- in the clouds
- in the dark
- in the driver's seat
- in the end
- in the event
- in the event that
- in the extreme
- in the face of
- in the field
- in the first place
- in the flesh
- in the fullness of time
- in the future
- in the heat of the moment
- in the hole
- in the interests of
- in the line of duty
- in the long run
- in the long term
- in the loop
- in the main