n.祖宗；祖先；原種

During the festival the investor investigated his ancestor. 節(jié)日期間投資者調(diào)查了他的祖宗。

They said their ancestor was a famous hunter and a crack hunter. 他們說他們的祖宗是個有名的獵人，也是個神槍手。

People who share an ancestor are called relatives. 有同一個祖先的叫做親戚。

One of my ancestors was a great scholar. 我的祖先當中有一位是偉大的學者。

The abacus is the ancestor of the modern computer. 算盤是現(xiàn)代電腦的原型。

The three species evolved from a single ancestor. 這三種生物從同一原種進化而來。

ancestor的基本意思是“祖先,祖宗”,是陽性可數(shù)名詞,與其對應(yīng)的陰性名詞為ancestress［' nsestrIs］ (女祖先); 引申可作“原型,先驅(qū)”解。

ancestor表示“…是…的祖先”時,須用介詞to。