progenitor

来自pro-,向前，朝向，-gen,生育，词源同gene,generate.-or,表施动。引申词义祖先。

progenitor (n.)

late 14c., from Anglo-French progenitour (mid-14c.), Old French progeniteur (14c.) and directly from Latin progenitor "ancestor, the founder of a family," agent noun from progenitus, past participle of progignere (see progeny). Related: Progenitive; progenital; progenitrix (c. 1600).

1. He was the progenitor of a family of distinguished actors.

他是一个著名演艺世家的先辈。

2. 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.

3. He was also a progenitor of seven presidents of Nicaragua.

他也是尼加拉瓜7任总统的祖先。

4. 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.

5. Schoenberg was a progenitor of modern music.

勋伯格是一位现代音乐的先驱.