词汇 | progenitor |
释义 | progenitor 1 ENTRIES FOUND: progenitor (noun) progenitor /proʊˈʤɛnətɚ/ noun plural progenitors progenitor /proʊˈʤɛnətɚ/ noun plural progenitors Learner's definition of PROGENITOR [count] 1 formal a : someone who first thinks of or does something : a person who begins something先驱;创始人 the progenitors of modern art现代艺术的先驱们 b : something that is a model for something else : something that begins the development of something else前身;始祖 a mechanical progenitor [=precursor] of the modern computer现代计算机的机械前身 2 biology : a person or animal in the past that is related to a person or animal living now : ancestor(人或动物的)祖先 wild cats that were the progenitors of the house cat作为家猫祖先的野猫 |
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