progenitor
- IPA[prəˈjenədər]
美式
- a person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates; an ancestor or parent；a person who originates an artistic, political, or intellectual movement
noun: progenitor, plural noun: progenitors
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates; an ancestor or parent his sons and daughters were the progenitors of many of Scotland's leading noble families 同義詞
- ▪ a person who originates an artistic, political, or intellectual movement the progenitor of modern jazz 同義詞
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- IPA[prə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪtə]
英式
- a person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates; an ancestor ... his children were the progenitors of many of Scotland's noble families
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