progenitors是什么意思？

progenitors

• n. 祖先( progenitor的名词复数 )，先驱，前辈，原本；

例句

• It is said that our progenitors are monkeys. 据说我们的祖先是猴子.
• Though I am poor and wretched now, my progenitors were famously wealthy. 别看我现在穷困潦倒, 我家上世可是有名的富翁.
• The researchers also showed that the progenitors mature into neurons in Petri dishes. 研究人员还表示,在佩特里培养皿中的脑细胞前体可以发育成神经元.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  祖先
  A progenitor of someone is a direct ancestor of theirs.
  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。
• N-COUNT
  创始人；鼻祖
  The progenitor of an idea or invention is the person who first thought of it.
  例句
  ...Clive Sinclair, progenitor of the C5 electric car. C5电动汽车的先驱克莱夫·辛克莱