ancestor

【ancestor音标】 英[ˈænsestə(r)] 美[ˈænˌsestər]

【单词释义】 ancestor是什么意思：

n.祖先，祖宗；被继承人；原型；（动物的）原种，先祖

[单词分级] 高考英语词汇

[单词复数] ancestors

【关联词/派生词】

ancestry   n.祖先；血统；[生]世系

ancestral   adj.祖先的；祖传的

【单词例句】

◇ Long ago, humans’ ancestors were bad. They fooled and played tricks on each other and never kept their word. So God turned up and drowned all their crops. Humans starved day and night, weeping.
很久以前，人类的祖先很坏，他们互相欺骗，耍诡计，从不遵守诺言。于是，上帝出现了，淹死了他们所有的作物。人们日夜挨饿，哭泣着。

---- An Interesting Festival

◇ The average human can see ten million colors, but red is special. Turns out, it's one of the first colors our ancient ancestors thought important enough to name.
普通人能看见1000万种颜色，但红色是很特别的。原来，祖先们命名的第一批重要颜色中就有红色。

---- Why so many fast food logos are red