Haley jumped up and cried, That was my ancestor.
哈利跳起来叫道，“那就是我的祖先。”
高三英语课文 Unit 14 Roots

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

ancestor ['ænsɛstɚ] 词频2 词根: ante
n. 祖先，祖宗;被继承人;原型;（动物的）原种，先祖;
💡 an=ante前，先+cest=cess行走，前进+or表人→走在前面的人→祖先
"This machine is the ancestor of the modern computer."
这台机器是现代电脑的始祖.
近义：ascendant, parent, progenitor, forebear, predecessor, elder 反义：kin, offspring, son, boy, issue, scion
cried [[kraid]] 词频1
v. 哭泣；喊叫（cry的过去分词）
haley
n. 哈利（人名）
jumped
v. 跳跃（jump的过去分词）

📚 更多「高三英语课文」例句

I'm sorry about that.
这件事我很报歉。
Use your head a little, sir!
请用你的脑袋想一想，先生。
He could hear their crying, also children's voices.
他可以听到妇女们的哭声，还有孩子们的声音。
If you hate science stories, you are unlikely to enjoy reading them in English.
如果你不喜欢读科学小品，你很可能也不会喜欢读英文的这类图书。
It was the first joy I had known for years.
我豁然开朗了。这是我多年来第一次感到高兴的事了。
At this period Indians living in South Africa were badly treated by South African whites, and very few of them had the right to vote.
在那一时期，居住在南非的印度人受到南非白人的虐待，他们当中有选举权的寥寥无几。