/ˈænsestə(r) ||; ˈænsɛstɚ/noun
[C] a person in your family who lived a long time before you 祖先:
My ancestors settled in this country a hundred years ago.我的祖辈一百年前到这个国家定居。☞Look at descendant. 参看 descendant。 [SYN] forebear 同义词为 forebear➔ancestral /ænˈsestrəl ||; ænˈsɛstrəl/ adjher ancestral home(= that had belonged to her ancestors) 她的祖居
ancestor/ˋænsɛstɚ; ˈænsəstə/n [C] a member of your family who lived a long time ago, before your grandparents [→ descendant] 祖先﹐祖宗: His ancestors came from Italy. 他的祖先来自意大利。 —ancestral /ænˋsɛstrəl; ænˈsestrəl/adj