progenitor

音标发音

• 英式音标 [prəʊˈdʒen.ɪ.tər]
• 美式音标 [proʊˈdʒen.ə.t̬ɚ]
• 国际音标 [prəu'dʒenitə]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n. 祖先；原著；起源

词根记忆

• pro(前) + gen(产生) + itor→生在前面的人→祖先

同根派生

英汉例句

• Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat.
  地中海地区燕麦,被认为是现代栽种燕麦的祖先.
• He was also a progenitor of seven presidents of Nicaragua.
  他也是尼加拉瓜7任总统的祖先。
• The newly - formed variety would probably inherit from its progenitor some characteristic.
  新形成的变种或许会从它的祖先遗传来某些特性的差异.
• He was the progenitor of a family of distinguished actors.
  他是一个著名演艺世家的先辈。
• Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat.
  地中海地区燕麦,被认为是现代栽种燕麦的祖先.

词组短语

短语

• progenitor source 这些细胞必须来自祖源
• Progenitor spectrum 祖谱
• multipotential progenitor 多向祖细胞
• committed progenitor 定向祖细胞;祖细胞;前体细胞
• myeloid progenitor 髓样祖细胞;髓系祖细胞;祖细胞;髓样前体细胞

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• a person who first thinks of something and causes it to happen

柯林斯英英字典

• A progenitor of someone is a direct ancestor of theirs.
• The progenitor of an idea or invention is the person who first thought of it.

专业释义

新闻学与传播学

• 起源

生物学

• 先祖
• 祖先