an.ces.tor

ancestor的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈænˌsestə]
KK音标发音： [ˈænˌsɛstɚ]

ancestor的词性：
n.（名词）

1. A person from whom one is descended, especially if more remote than a grandparent; a forebear.
祖先，祖宗：繁衍后代的人，特别是远于祖父辈；前辈

2. A forerunner or predecessor.
前人，先驱：先行者或先驱

3. Law The person from whom an estate has been inherited.
【法律】 被继承人：一个人，从他那里财产可被继承

4. Biology The actual or hypothetical organism or stock from which later kinds evolved.
【生物学】 物种原形：演化成后来各物种的真实存在的或假设的有机物

ancestor的词源：

5. Middle English auncestre
中古英语 auncestre

6. from Old French
源自 古法语

7. from Latin antecessor [predecessor]
源自 拉丁语 antecessor [先驱]

8. from antecessus [past participle of] antec?dere [to precede]
源自 antecessus [] antec?dere的过去分词 [在…之前]

9. ante- [ante-]
ante- [前缀，表示“在…之前”]

10. c?dere [to go] * see ked-
c?dere [走] *参见 ked-

ancestor， forebear， forefather， progenitor

11. The central meaning shared by these nouns is “a person from whom one is descended”:
这些名词所共有的中心意思是“繁衍出后代的人”：

ancestors who were farmers;
祖辈是农民；

an island once owned by his forebears;
曾被他的前辈占有的岛屿；

methods as old as our forefathers;
象祖辈一样的陈旧方法；

the wisdom of our progenitors. descendant
祖先的智慧 descendant