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

• Ancestral worship has long been at the heart of Orcish religion.
  祖先的崇拜之物已经深深的植根语兽人的宗教之中。
• All the Pomoideae were allopolyploids derived from a doubled hybrid between two remote ancestral types.
  所有的梨亚科是由两个远缘祖先类型双杂交演化的异源多倍体。
• Its role was limited in ancestral temples to mediate the relation between gods and men.
  只是它的作用已仅限于在宗庙之中，协调人神之间的关系了。
• 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。
• 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。
• With each recollection I intended to release the ancestral karma.
  在每一次回忆中，我意愿释放我的祖先业力。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• As you know, my ancestral home is in Taishan in Guangdong province.
  正如你们所知，我的祖籍在广东省台山。