Word · Frequency #11879
ancestrals
祖先；祖宗
ancestrals is the plural of ancestral.
核心释义
An ancestor or forebear.
- 1.
祖先或先人。
An ancestor or forbear.
- 2.
年长的亲属。
An elderly relative.
- 3.
遗传上的前身。
A genetic precursor.
- 4.
先驱；曾参与某事物早期版本的人。
A forerunner; One who was involved in an earlier version of something.
- 5.
某事物的早期版本。
An earlier version of something.
- 6.
祖先的灵魂。
The spirit of one's ancestor.
- 7.
遵循、尊崇或被祖先传统所吸引的人。
One who follows, honors, or is attracted to an ancestral tradition.
- 8.
某物作为前身的一种关系。
A relationship in which something is a precursor.
年长的亲戚；先驱；先行者；前身；早期形态；远祖；遗传上的祖先；祖灵；祖先的亡灵
用法In use
My grandmother often tells stories about our ancestrals who came from a small fishing village.
用法提示：ancestrals 是 ancestral 的复数名词，这里意为“祖先”，在句中作介词 about 的宾语。
The ancestrals of this region are honored with songs and food every autumn.
用法提示：ancestrals 作复数名词，指“祖先”，在句中作主语。
He built a small altar to remember his ancestrals during the family reunion.
用法提示：ancestrals 作复数名词，意为“祖先”，在句中作动词 remember 的宾语。
one's ancestral
此结构为“物主代词 + ancestral”，表示“某人的祖先”。
He wrote a book about his ancestral who fought in the war.
他写了一本关于他参战的祖先的书。
an ancestral of sth
此结构为“an ancestral of + 名词”，表示某物的先驱或前身。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- ancestral home
- 祖宅；祖居
- After retiring, she moved back to her ancestral home in the countryside.退休后，她搬回了乡下的祖宅。
- ancestral land
- 祖传的土地；故土
- The tribe fought for years to reclaim its ancestral land.这个部落为夺回祖传的土地抗争了多年。
- ancestral roots
- 祖先的根脉；祖源
- Many immigrants travel abroad to trace their ancestral roots.许多移民远赴海外寻访自己的祖源。
- ancestral tradition
- 祖传的传统
- The harvest festival is an ancestral tradition passed down for centuries.这个丰收节是流传了数百年的祖传传统。
- ancestral spirit
学习提示Learner notes
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