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单词 ancestral
释义 an·ces·tral
\(ˈ)an|sestrəl, -aan-\ adjective
Etymology: earlier auncestrell, from Middle French ancestrel, from ancestre + -el -al
1.
 a. : of or belonging to an ancestor or ancestors
  < ancestral portraits >
  < ancestral ideas no longer valid >
 b. : inherited or derived from an ancestor or ancestors
  < ancestral estates >
2. : being, serving as, or of the nature of a forerunner, prototype, or precursor
 < an ancestral language >
 < a second pre-Phoenician alphabet is clearly not ancestral to the Phoenician — A.L.Kroeber >
an·ces·tral·ly adverb
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