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ancestors，ancestry，forefathers，progenitor，ancestor ；

[例句] 她的中国朋友们说这位女皇是他们值得敬仰的祖先。 Her Chinese friends referred to the Empress as their venerable ancestor.

[例句] 他天生擅长交际：他的祖先曾是封建领主。 Diplomacy was in his blood: his ancestors had been feudal lords.

mother country，one's country，homeland，native land，fatherland ；

[例句] 这是自1948年以来他首次回到自己的祖国。 It was his first visit to his native country since 1948.

[例句] 肯戈理博士视土耳其为自己的祖国。 Dr Kengerli looks to Turkey as his mother country.

first ancestor，earliest ancestor，grandfather，primogenitor ；

[例句] 这台机器是现代电脑的始祖. This machine is the ancestor of the modern computer.

[例句] 据《圣经》记载, 亚当是人类始祖. According to the Bible, Adam was the first man.

forefathers，ancestry，forbears，ancestor，forebear ；

[例句] “饶了我吧，小祖宗！你知道这些东西有多贵吗？” "Gimme a break, kid! You know how much those things cost?"

[例句] 他放弃了祖宗的宗教, 使他的双亲非常伤心. He rejected the religion of his forebears, leaving his own parents heartbroken.

(paternal) grandmother，grandam，granddam，grannie，[电影]The Grandmothers；

[例句] 令人疑惑的是，她看上去就像一位面熟的邻家阿姨或是祖母。 She looks disconcertingly like a familiar aunt or grandmother.

[例句] 她总是在为她不方便外出的祖母跑前跑后。 She was forever running errands for her housebound grandmother.

（始祖） the earliest [first] ancestor，founder，originator (of a tradition, school of thought, etc.) ；

[例句] 他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖. He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.

[例句] 李时珍是我国医药界的鼻祖. Li Shizhen was the originator of the Chinese pharmacology.

[化] emerald ；

[例句] 报道了温差水热法生长的祖母绿晶体在660nm激光二极管 ( LD ) 抽运下的激光实验结果. Free running emerald laser pumped by 660 nm laser diode ( LD ) was reported.

[例句] 天然祖母绿 、 合成祖母绿、绿色绿柱石在成分和外观上有一定的相似性. Natural emerald, synthetic emerald and Sreen beryl sometimes have similar appearance.

grandparent，[法] grand parents ；

[例句] 我的祖父母从来都是无条件地接受我。 My grandparents have never had a problem accepting me.

[例句] 我的祖父母很富有。 My grandparents were quite well off.

(paternal) grandfather，grand-dad，grandsire ；

[例句] 他的祖父和外公都热衷于演说。 Both his grandfathers were fired with an enthusiasm for public speaking.

[例句] 亚当经常呆在他祖父的办公室里。 Adam spent a lot of time in his grandfather's office.

[医]progenitor ；

[例句] 国王以私人身份出访，以便能够祭拜先祖陵墓。 The King was on a private visit to enable him to pray at the tombs of his ancestors.

[例句] 他的先祖可以上溯到700年前。 He could trace his ancestors back seven hundred years.

ancestral ；

[例句] 崇拜祖先的风俗在这些人中是普遍的. The custom of worshipping ancestors is prevalent among these people.

[例句] 他去拜谒他祖先的墓地. He went to visit the graves of his forefathers.

ancestral，patrimonial，hereditary ；

[例句] 还是你方家有祖传的家当? Or do you Fangs have some family property?

[例句] 他也有这种祖传的特殊姿态. He too had this hereditary peculiarity.

grandmotherly ；

[例句] 她对着祖母的好耳朵喊着、告诉她这一好消息. She shouted into grandmother's good ear to tell her the good news.

[例句] 在孩提时代,她就觉得祖母的住宅别有风光. As a child she thought her grandmother's home romantic.

granduncle ；

[例句] 多年以前, 叔祖 的学塾中有个聪明年少的门生. It'seemed many years ago, there was a clever young boy studying under my grand - uncle .

（名字被用来命名地方或部族的人） eponym ；

[医]Zulu ；

[例句] 祖鲁人征服了所有邻近的部落. The Zulus conquered all the neighboring tribes.

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[例句] 有些人认为它的名字来源于祖鲁语, 还有人说它的名字来源于城镇俚语. Some say its name comes from the Zulu language, others that it derives from township slang.

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