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forefathers

英 [ˈfɔːˌfɑːðəz]

美 [ˈfɔrˌfɑðərz]

n.  祖先,祖宗(尤指男性)
forefather的复数

柯林斯词典

  • N-COUNT (尤指男性)祖先,先人
    Yourforefathersare your ancestors, especially your male ancestors.
    1. They were determined to go back to the land of their forefathers.
      他们决意回到祖先的土地上。

双语例句

  • We forefathers would never have come had your mother not called.
    你妈要是不呼招的话,我们这些列祖列宗们是不会在这里的。
  • Today the pickpockets have overtaken their forefathers of Dickens 'time in both number and skill.
    今天,扒手在数量及技巧方面都已超过了他们在狄更斯时代的祖辈。
  • From ancient times our forefathers have laboured, lived and multiplied on this land.
    自古以来,我们的祖先就劳动、生息、繁衍在这块土地上。
  • Our forefathers have handed a rich national culture down to us.
    我们的祖先给我们传下来丰富多彩的民族文化。
  • As I walked along the river towards the ford, I thought about my forefathers.
    我一边沿着河边朝浅滩走去,一边想我的祖先们。
  • You want to know where you came from, who your parents, who your forefathers were.
    你想知道你来自哪里,谁你的父母,谁是你的祖先。
  • As my forefathers planted these for me, so I too plant these for my children.
    既然我的祖先为我栽树,我也该为我的孩子们栽些树呀。
  • They were determined to go back to the land of their forefathers.
    他们决意回到祖先的土地上。
  • In their fear your forefathers gathered you too near together.
    出于恐惧,你们的祖先将你们聚得过近。
  • Don't walk in your forefathers 'footprints; Seek what they sought.
    不要走先人的足迹,要寻找他们所要寻找的。