...Clive Sinclair, progenitor of the C5 electric car.是什么意思？

...Clive Sinclair, progenitor of the C5 electric car.

C5电动汽车的先驱克莱夫·辛克莱

Clive

n. 克莱夫（男子名）；

例句
Young shouts of moneyed voices in Clive Kempthorpe's rooms.
从克莱夫·肯普索普的房间里传出阔少们的喊叫声.

Sinclair

n. 辛克莱(m.)；

例句
Jacob Sinclair met his death at the hands of a soldier...
雅各布·辛克莱在一名士兵的手里送了命。

progenitor

n. 祖先，先驱，前辈，原本；

例句
He was also a progenitor of seven presidents of Nicaragua.
他也是尼加拉瓜7任总统的祖先。

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

electric

adj. 电的，带电的，发电的，导电的，令人激动的，电动的；n. 电动车辆，带电体；

例句
A household radiator absorbs energy in the form of electric current and releases it in the form of heat.
家用取暖器吸收电流能量，再以热量的形式释放出来。

car

n. 汽车，车厢，轿车；

例句
His car was held up and he was abducted by four gunmen...
他的车遭遇拦劫，随后他被4名持枪歹徒劫持。