1. 祖宗，祖先
2. 原型；前身；先驱；始祖；前辈
3. 【律】被继承人
4. 【生】先祖，原种
5. 动物的祖先，动物品种的原型（后来的品种由此进化而来）

1. [C]祖先,祖宗 any of the people from whom sb is descended, especially those more remote than his grandparents; forefather
2. [C]原型; 先驱 early form of a machine or structure which later became more developed; forerunner

1. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

1.祖宗;祖先
Yourancestors are the people from whom you are descended.

e.g. ...our daily lives, so different from those of our ancestors...
与我们祖先的生活有着天壤之别的我们的日常生活
e.g. He could trace his ancestors back seven hundred years.
他的先祖可以上溯到700年前。

2.原种；原型
Anancestor of something modern is an earlier thing from which it developed.

e.g. The directancestor of the modern cat was the Kaffir cat of ancient Egypt...
现代猫的直系原种是古埃及的卡菲尔猫。
e.g. The immediateancestor of rock 'n' roll is rhythm-and-blues.
摇滚乐直接源自节奏布鲁斯。

1. ancestor

1. 祖：希格勒的作品最初是通过有声读物渠道发行的,即在线订户可以免费下载,但每次只有一段情节,几个月陆续下载才能获得一部完整的故事. 他的处女作<>(Earthcore)就有1万多位读者. 该书的续集<>(ancestor)读者队伍扩大到3万.

2. 宗：描述天地初辟、天道初显的词汇中,初、哉、始、基、源、胎,都具有这种涵义,而且这些描述宇宙秩序的语言完全是族系式的:宗 (ancestor)、母(mother)以及包括半人半神的帝(thearch)和天等等,这样的天道运行或「创生」观,均与西方迥异.