Word · Frequency #11879
ancestral
祖先的；祖传的
relating to or inherited from one's ancestors
- 1.
Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors.
属于、关于、源自或为祖先所拥有的。
属于、关于、源自或为祖先所拥有的。；祖先的；祖传的；[法] 祖先的；祖传的
In use
They returned to their ancestral village in the mountains.
We follow many ancestral traditions during the Lunar New Year.
The family has lived on this ancestral land for centuries.
ancestral + noun (place)
They returned to their ancestral home in the countryside.
他们回到了乡下的祖宅。
ancestral + noun (property)
“祖传的”强调继承关系。
The family sold its ancestral land to developers.
这家人把祖传的土地卖给了开发商。
ancestral + noun (custom or tradition)
We still observe many ancestral traditions during the festival.
节日期间我们仍遵循许多祖先传下来的传统。
Common mistakes
I have many ancestral in my family tree.I have many ancestors in my family tree.
误将形容词“ancestral”当作名词使用，受中文“祖先”影响。应用名词“ancestors”。
This is our ancestor home.This is our ancestral home.
遗漏形容词后缀“-al”，导致使用名词“ancestor”修饰名词，应使用形容词“ancestral”。
It is a ancestral custom.It is an ancestral custom.
忽略了“ancestral”以元音音素开头，应用不定冠词“an”而非“a”。
Connections
Collocations
- ancestral home
- 祖宅；祖籍故居
- They returned to their ancestral home in the countryside.他们回到了乡下的祖宅。
- ancestral village
- 祖籍村庄；祖先居住的村子
- Every summer, she visits her ancestral village.每年夏天，她都回祖籍村庄看看。
- ancestral lands
- 祖传土地；祖地
- The tribe is fighting to protect its ancestral lands.该部落正在为保护其祖传土地而斗争。
- ancestral spirits
- 祖先的灵魂；祖灵
- In many cultures, people make offerings to ancestral spirits.在许多文化中，人们向祖灵献祭。
- ancestral hall
- 宗祠；祠堂
- The family gathered at the ancestral hall for the ceremony.全家人聚集在祠堂参加仪式。
- ancestral heritage
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 ancestor（祖先）+ al（形容词后缀）：祖辈传下或拥有的东西就是 ancestral（祖先的）。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：historical writing、cultural heritage、inheritance and property ancestral 多用于正式或书面语境，比较常见于历史、文化传承或家族遗产的描述中；日常口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正同韵的是 orchestral（/ɔːrˈkɛstrəl/，重音后的 /ɛstrəl/ 与 ancestral 相同）。注意 ancestor（重音在首音节，末尾无 -al）、spectral（/kˈtrəl/ 而非 /strəl/）和 rural（/rʊrəl/）都只是形近词，读音并不相同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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