ancestral

英 [ænˈsestrəl]

美 [ænˈsestrəl]

adj.  祖先的; 祖传的

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柯林斯词典

• ADJ 祖先的；祖传的
  You useancestralto refer to a person's family in former times, especially when the family is important and has property or land which they have had for a long time.
  1. ...the family's ancestral home in southern Germany.
     这个家族在德国南部的祖居
  2. ...the ancestral portraits in the hallway.
     走廊里祖先的画像

英英释义

adj

• inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
  1. ancestral home
  2. ancestral lore
  3. hereditary monarchy
  4. patrimonial estate
  5. transmissible tradition
  Synonym:hereditarypatrimonialtransmissible
• of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor

双语例句

• My ancestral home is Jiangsu but I was born in Daqing Oilfield.
  我老家是江苏的，但我又生在大庆油田。
• Presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birds.
  可能是恐龙、鳄鱼和鸟的共同祖先。
• They sold their ancestral estate long ago.
  他们早就变卖了祖上传下来的产业。
• The sea behind our ancestral house at Hikkaduwa on the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka was my friend.
  我家的祖屋位于斯里兰卡西南海岸的Hikkaduwa，而房子后面的大海就是我的朋友，是她听我讲话，给我带来安慰，同时她也令我着迷。
• It is Sirius Black's ancestral home, and the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix.
  它现在是小天狼星布莱克祖传的房子，和凤凰社的总部。
• Driven to desperation, my grandfather hanged himself on a tree beside our ancestral graves.
  被逼得无路可走，我祖父在祖坟旁的一棵树上吊死了。
• You insist you know where you are but they it is part of their ancestral wisdom know better.
  你坚持说，知道自己在哪里，但他们，作为古老智慧的继承者，知道得比你清楚。
• This article tries to research its cultural features from the architecture culture, ancestral hall culture and human culture.
  本文试图从其独具特色的建筑文化、浓郁的宗祠文化及传承不断的人文文化三方面来阐述其文化特色。
• They are black, and Israel welcomes them to immigrate to their ancestral homeland.
  他们拥有黑色，而以色列欢迎他们回归其祖先的家园。
• The old rule barring women and poor people from the banquets in the ancestral temples has also been broken.
  女子和穷人不能进祠堂吃酒的老例，也被打破。