progenitor
英 [prə(ʊ)'dʒenɪtə]
美 [pro'dʒɛnɪtɚ]
n. 祖先；原著；起源
中文詞源：
progenitor 祖先
來自pro-,向前，朝向，-gen,生育，詞源同gene,generate.-or,表施動。引申詞義祖先。
例句：
1. He was the progenitor of a family of distinguished actors.
2. Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat.
地中海地區燕麥,被認為是現代栽種燕麥的祖先.
3. He was also a progenitor of seven presidents of Nicaragua.
他也是尼加拉瓜7任總統的祖先。
4. The newly - formed variety would probably inherit from its progenitor some characteristic.
新形成的變種或許會從它的祖先遺傳來某些特性的差異.
5. Schoenberg was a progenitor of modern music.
勛伯格是一位現代音樂的先驅.
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