forefather

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈfɔːˌfɑːðə/    美 /ˈfɔɹˌfɑːðɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An ancestor.
    — His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
  2. A cultural ancestor; one who originated an idea or tradition.

词形变化

forefathers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
forefatherly
相关词
foresister

词源

From Middle English forefader, forfader, vorvader, from Old English forefæder (“forefather”), but possibly also merged with Old Norse forfaðir. Equivalent to fore- + father. Compare Dutch voorvader (“forefather”), German Vorvater, Vorfahr (“forefather”), Danish forfader (“forefather”), Swedish förfader (“forefather”).
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