名詞 ancestor:

1. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
   同義詞：ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root

1. He is sprung from noble ancestors.
   他出身名門。
2. Ancestor's festival is an important Chinese holiday.
   鬼節(jié)是中國一個重要的節(jié)日。

an.ces.tor

n.（名詞）
A person from whom one is descended, especially if more remote than a grandparent; a forebear.
祖先，祖宗：繁衍后代的人，特別是遠(yuǎn)于祖父輩；前輩
A forerunner or predecessor.
前人，先驅(qū)：先行者或先驅(qū)
Law The person from whom an estate has been inherited.
【法律】 被繼承人：一個人，從他那里財產(chǎn)可被繼承
Biology The actual or hypothetical organism or stock from which later kinds evolved.
【生物學(xué)】 物種原形：演化成后來各物種的真實存在的或假設(shè)的有機物

來源：
Middle English auncestre
中古英語 auncestre
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Latin antecessor [predecessor]
源自 拉丁語 antecessor [先驅(qū)]
from antecessus [past participle of] antecôdere [to precede]
源自 antecessus [] antecôdere的過去分詞 [在…之前]
ante- [ante-]
ante- [前綴，表示.在…之前.]
côdere [to go] * see ked-
côdere [走] *參見 ked-

<參考詞匯><同義詞>ancestor,forebear,forefather,progenitorThe central meaning shared by these nouns is .a person from whom one is descended.:
這些名詞所共有的中心意思是.繁衍出后代的人.：
例句：
ancestors who were farmers;
祖輩是農(nóng)民；

例句：
an island once owned by his forebears;
曾被他的前輩占有的島嶼；

例句：
methods as old as our forefathers;
象祖輩一樣的陳舊方法；

例句：
the wisdom of our progenitors. descendant
祖先的智慧 descendant