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单词
forebear
释义
forebear
fore‧bear
/
ˈfɔːbeə
$
ˈfɔːrber
/
noun
[countable usually plural]
formal
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
forebear
Origin:
1400-1500
fore-
+
bear
‘someone who is’
, from
be
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
If only he had lavished that kind of discrimination on their
forebear
.
The time of Sigmar passed, and he became a legend, the heroic
forebear
of his people.
someone who was a member of your family a long time in the past
SYN
ancestor
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waken
wake-up call
wakey-wakey
waking
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Waldheim, Kurt
Waldorf-Astoria
Wales
Walesa, Lech
Wales Office
Wales, the Prince of
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walkabout
walkaway
Walken, Christopher
walker
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