ancestral

英 [ænˈsestrəl]

美 [ænˈsestrəl]

adj.  祖先的; 祖传的

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Collins.1 / BNC.11879 / COCA.8966

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

• 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。
• Unlike jews, Gypsies have had no known ancestral land to hark back to.
  吉普塞人和犹太人不同，他们没有可以回想起来的已知的祖居地。
• In ancient society, Wu was the medium possessing psychic power to communicate with deities and ancestral spirits;
  因为巫在古代社会中，是可以和神只，祖灵沟通的重要媒介。
• They kept their ancestral customs. My generation behaves differently from my father's and grandfather's.
  他们保持了祖辈的习俗。我这一代人和我父辈及祖辈表现不同。
• Yes, I did. I found a pavilion and an ancestral temple with a statue inside.
  转完了。我发现有一个亭子、一座祠堂、祠堂中间有一尊雕像。
• 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。
• Foshan is important because of its Ancestral Temple and its handicrafts.
  佛山有名是因为这里的佛山祖庙和手工艺品。
• 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。
• 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。
• The world and the regional, national and international news is a mirror of one's own ancestral karma.
  世界和地区、国和国际新闻就是一个人自身家族业力的镜子。