progenitorKK [proˋdʒɛnɪtɚ] /pɹoʊˈdʒɛnɪtɚ/發音名詞1祖先、始祖正式He traced his family back to a progenitor who arrived by ship.他把家族血脈追溯到一位搭船抵達的祖先。2創始者、先驅、鼻祖She is widely regarded as the progenitor of modern dance therapy.她普遍被視為現代舞蹈治療的創始者。3前身、原型This clunky machine was the progenitor of today's laptops.這台笨重的機器就是現今筆記型電腦的前身。4前驅細胞、親本生物These progenitor cells can develop into several types of tissue.這些前驅細胞能分化成多種組織。