中英互译
forebear
英 /ˈfɔːbeə(r)/美 /ˈfɔːrber/
基本释义
- n.祖先；祖宗
复数forebears
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双语例句
- He was a good man, but always forebear his wrath and complaint.他是一个老好人，善于克制自我、隐忍无奈。
- It's much larger than its 75 forebear. Perhaps it could be the 75 OS.它比它的先祖75要大多了，或许可以说它是75的超大版本。
- Our forebear might even teach us a few old tricks that could be used to help the living.祖先甚至可以教我们一些有助于生活的古老窍门。
网络短语
- immediate forebear直系祖先
- venerable forebear贤人
- forebear r祖先
- a forebear祖先
- Cannot Forebear Trembling不可抑制地发抖
同义词
英英释义
- n.a person from whom you are descended
词源
- forebear祖先fore-,在前。be, 存在。-ar, 后缀，人。即先辈，祖先。
- forebear祖先；祖宗fore-在forehead前额、forearm前臂和before等中都有出现，多用来指时间和空间上的前，与希腊拉丁前缀pro-和pre-等同源。而-bear部分则一不是指熊，二不是指bear动词承担；忍受等，而是be-的施动者名词，也就是说，forebear的字面意思是“one who was before”。