Word · Frequency #22221
progenitor
祖先；先辈
核心释义
an ancestor in the direct line
- 1.
祖先,直系前辈。
A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
- 2.
始祖,使后代(如王朝、部落、民族)由此繁衍的人。
A person from whom one or more people (dynasty, tribe, nation...) are descended.
- 3.
物种的祖先形态。
An ancestral form of a species.
- 4.
某事物的前身,尤指先驱或原型。
A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.
- 5.
开创者,创始人。
Someone who originates something.
- 6.
创始人
A founder.
祖先,直系前辈。；始祖,使后代(如王朝、部落、民族)由此繁衍的人。；物种的祖先形态。；某事物的前身,尤指先驱或原型。；开创者,创始人。
用法In use
The fossil is believed to be the progenitor of modern horses.
用法提示：progenitor 是名词，在本句中表示‘祖先’。
Several species share a common progenitor that lived millions of years ago.
用法提示：progenitor 作名词，指共同的祖先。
She traced her family line back to its progenitor in the eighteenth century.
用法提示：progenitor 是名词，在句中指家族直系祖先。
the progenitor of sth
指直系祖先时，通常与 the 连用，后接 of 短语说明族群或物种。
This ancient reptile is the progenitor of all modern snakes.
这种古老爬行动物是所有现代蛇类的祖先。
one's progenitor
用所有格（如 their、his）限定所属关系，比 the progenitor of sb 更简洁自然。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- common progenitor
- 共同祖先
- The two species share a common progenitor.这两个物种有一个共同的祖先。
- direct progenitor
- 直系祖先
- He is a direct progenitor of the royal line.他是这条王室血统的直系祖先。
- evolutionary progenitor
- 进化祖先
- This fossil is regarded as the evolutionary progenitor of modern birds.这块化石被认为是现代鸟类的进化祖先。
- progenitor species
- 祖先物种
- The progenitor species of the horse lived millions of years ago.马的祖先物种生活在数百万年前。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
试记：家族树最顶端的那位老爷爷，就是 progenitor——祖先。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：genealogy、historical or literary writing、formal speech progenitor 是较正式的词，多用于书面语、历史或学术语境；日常生活中通常用 ancestor 或 forefather。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
The stressed syllable /dʒen/ in progenitor matches the opening of gentle and generate, but these do not rhyme with it. Editor and monitor share the final /ɪtə/ syllable, again without rhyming. Progeny and genius are spelling lookalikes: progeny stresses the first syllable, and genius has /dʒiːn/, not /dʒen/.
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