ancestry

英 [ˈænsestri]

美 [ˈænsestri]

n.  (统称)祖宗，祖先; 列祖列宗

复数：ancestries　

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牛津词典

noun

• （统称）祖宗，祖先；列祖列宗
  the family or the race of people that you come from
  1. to have Scottish ancestry
     祖籍苏格兰
  2. He was able to trace his ancestry back over 1 000 years.
     他可追祖溯宗至1 000年以前。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 世系；血统
  Yourancestryis the fact that you are descended from certain people.
  1. ...a family who could trace their ancestry back to the sixteenth century.
     世系可上溯到16世纪的家族

英英释义

noun

• inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
  Synonym:lineagederivationfiliation
• the descendants of one individual
  1. his entire lineage has been warriors
  Synonym:lineagelineline of descentdescentbloodlineblood linebloodpedigreeoriginparentagestemmastock

双语例句

• Many of the early settlers in America had English ancestry.
  许多早期美国移民的祖先都是英国人。
• Ancestry is more about geography.
  祖先是更多的与地理相关。
• I intend to forgive my ancestry for hunting dolphins, whales or any other kingdom.
  我意愿宽恕我的祖先所做的猎捕海豚、鲸鱼或任何其他王国。
• I classified her ancestry as African american.
  我判断她有非洲和美洲的血统。
• I often wondered my ancestry.
  我时常对我的祖先们很好奇。
• I intend to release all karma for warfare and disease in my ancestry.
  我意愿释放我祖先中的所有战争和疾病业力。
• She said that would be more accurate than pinning the name on the genetic ancestry of the virus.
  她说这将是更准确的名称比根据固定的遗传血统来命名病毒。
• Related by common characteristics or ancestry.
  有共同的特征和血统的关系。
• Sri Lankans share a common ancestry with their Indian brethren.
  斯里兰卡人和他们的印度兄弟有共同的祖先。
• The origin of vertebrates and their ancestry are problems still obscured by too few facts.
  脊椎动物的起源和它们的始祖问题，由于事实太少仍然不很清楚。