progenitor是什么意思，progenitor怎么读

progenitor基本信息

progenitor基本信息

读法：英 [prə(ʊ)"dʒenɪtə] 美 [pro"dʒɛnɪtɚ]

释义：

n. 祖先；原著；起源

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英英释义

Noun:

an ancestor in the direct line

中英词源

progenitor 祖先

来自pro-,向前，朝向，-gen,生育，词源同gene,generate.-or,表施动。引申词义祖先。

progenitor (n.): late 14c., from Anglo-French progenitour (mid-14c.), Old French progeniteur (14c.) and directly from Latin progenitor "ancestor, the founder of a family," agent noun from progenitus, past participle of progignere (see progeny). Related: Progenitive; progenital; progenitrix (c. 1600).

词态变化

复数 progenitors;

权威造句

1. He was the progenitor of a family of distinguished actors.: 他是一个著名演艺世家的先辈。

2. Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat.: 地中海地区燕麦,被认为是现代栽种燕麦的祖先.

3. He was also a progenitor of seven presidents of Nicaragua.: 他也是尼加拉瓜7任总统的祖先。

4. The newly - formed variety would probably inherit from its progenitor some characteristic.: 新形成的变种或许会从它的祖先遗传来某些特性的差异.

5. Schoenberg was a progenitor of modern music.: 勋伯格是一位现代音乐的先驱.

近反义词

progenitor cell 先祖细胞

相似短语

progenitor star 前身星

单词分析

暂无,等待补充.

记忆方法

progenitor祖先。
progeny后代。

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