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an·ces·tor
/ˈænˌsɛstɚ/
祖宗,祖先;動物品種的原型;被繼承人
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ancestor
源始; 上代
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ancestor
源始 上代
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
An·ces·tor
n.
1.
One
from
whom
a
person
is
descended
,
whether
on
the
father's
or
mother's
side
,
at
any
distance
of
time
;
a
progenitor
;
a
fore
father
.
2.
Biol.
An
earlier
type
;
a
progenitor
;
as
,
this
fossil
animal
is
regarded
as
the
ancestor
of
the
horse
.
3.
Law
One
from
whom
an
estate
has
descended
; --
the
correlative
of
heir
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
ancestor
n
:
someone
from
whom
you
are
descended
(
but
usually
more
remote
than
a
grandparent
) [
syn
:
ascendant
,
ascendent
,
antecedent
,
root
] [
ant
:
descendant
]
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