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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典
ancestor
英 [ˈænsestə]
[NOUN]
ancestors
1. [C 可数名词] 祖先
Your ancestors are the people from whom you are descended.
近义词
forefather
双语例句
例：our daily lives, so different from those of our ancestors.
我们的日常生活，与我们祖先的生活如此不同。
2. [C 可数名词] 物种原型
An ancestor of something modern is an earlier thing from which it developed.
双语例句
例：The direct ancestor of the modern cat was the Kaffir cat of ancient Egypt.
现代猫的直系物种原型是古代埃及的卡菲尔猫。