"progenitor" 怎么发音
word
proh-JEN-ih-ter
proh-JEN-ih-tuh
释义
A progenitor is a person or thing from which someone is descended or from which something originates; it can mean an ancestor in a family line or the originator of a movement or idea.
IPA 音标
美式英语
pɹoʊˈdʒɛnɪtɝ
英式英语
pɹəʊdʒˈɛnɪtɐ
简化发音
美式
proh-JEN-ih-ter
英式
proh-JEN-ih-tuh
语境中听
Charles Darwin is a progenitor of evolutionary theory.
My family's earliest known progenitor lived in the 1700s.
A lion is the common progenitor of many big cats.
The company’s founder is often called the progenitor of its culture.