forebear

大学

n. 祖先, 祖宗

发音

UK /ˈfɔːˌbɛə/
其它
US /ˈfɔɹˌbɛɚ/

词形变化

forebears 复数 forebears forebearing forebears 三单 forebore foreborne forebearing 现在分词 forebore 过去式 foreborne 过去式 foreborne 过去分词

别名

forbear forebeer

教材释义与例句

名词

祖先；祖宗

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An ancestor.

    祖先

    祖宗

    [1906] 2004, Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville, Ethel Wedgwood tr. Sirs, I am quite sure that the King of England's forbears rightly and justly lost the conquered lands that I hold […]

    One does not take one’s family name therefrom, and again the position of the mother in that group is determined through her father and his male forbears in turn; this too is a patrilineal group.

v.
  1. 1.

    Obsolete spelling of forbear.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

forbear

上位词 5

root ancestor ascendant antecedent ascendent

下位词 2

grandparent great-grandparent

词源

Late 15th century, from fore- + beer (“one who is or exists”, literally “be-er”).

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