forebear

名詞

1. 1

   祖先、祖宗、先人正式，常用複數

   Her forebears came to this island more than two centuries ago.

   她的祖先兩百多年前來到這座島。

2. 2

   前人、先驅正式

   Today's engineers rely on tools their forebears could only imagine.

   今天的工程師所用的工具，是前人只能想像的。