ancestor
noun
ˈænsəstə
noun
1
a
member
of
your
family
who
lived
a
long
time
ago
祖先，祖宗;
My
ancestors
were
French.
我的祖先是法国人。
2
an
animal
that
lived
in
the
past,
that
modern
animals
have
developed
from
〔动物的〕原种，祖先
Lions
and
house
cats
evolved
from
a
common
ancestor
(=the
same
ancestor)
.
狮子和家猫从共同的原种进化而来。
3
the
form
in
which
a
modern
machine,
vehicle
etc
first
existed
〔现代机器、车辆等的〕原型
[+
of
]
Babbage’s
invention
was
the
ancestor
of
the
modern
computer.
巴比奇的发明是现代计算机的原型。
the
family’s
ancestral
home
这个家族的祖居