英 [ˈfɔːbeə(r)] 美 [ˈfɔːrber]
n. 祖先；祖宗
复数forebears
forebear /ˈfɔːˌbɛə/
可数名词 Your forebears are your ancestors. 祖先
I'll come back to the land of my forebears.
我将回到祖先的土地。
a person from whom you are descended
同义词： forbear
... forbidding可怕的，令人难以亲近的，令人生畏的 forebear祖先，祖宗 foremost最重要的；最先的 ...
... forbear v.忍耐, 克制, 避免 n.祖先 forebear n.祖先, 祖宗 jabber v.快而含糊地说, 吱吱喳喳地叫, 闲聊 n.快而含糊不清的话 ...
... forebearing = 克制 forebears = 克制 foreboding = 预兆 ...
... cultural shift 文化变迁 forebear 先辈 persevering 长久不懈的 ...
He was a good man, but always forebear his wrath and complaint.
他是一个老好人，善于克制自我、隐忍无奈。
It's much larger than its 75 forebear. Perhaps it could be the 75 OS.
它比它的先祖75要大多了，或许可以说它是75的超大版本。
Our forebear might even teach us a few old tricks that could be used to help the living.
祖先甚至可以教我们一些有助于生活的古老窍门。
As a political combatant, Pope is more subtle than Jesse Helms, his conservative forebear.
Like Abraham, he is supranational, the forebear of both the French and the Germans.
He showed me the scapula of an aurochs, an extinct forebear of domestic cattle, weighing more than two thousand pounds.