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

• Sometimes I think this is the result of their ancestry, which could best be described as diverse.
  有时候，我觉得这与他们的遗传有关。他们的血统用多样性一词来形容是再恰当不过了。
• Related by common characteristics or ancestry.
  有共同的特征和血统的关系。
• Most people of European or African ancestry have the "wet" kind: thick and sticky.
  大部分欧洲和非洲血统的人耳垢较湿，厚且粘。
• Ancestry is more about geography.
  祖先是更多的与地理相关。
• I intend absolute forgiveness of my ancestry upon all dimensions that they have resided.
  我意愿彻底绝对宽恕我所有密度中的家族和血统。
• 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。
• They trace their ancestry to King Xiutu of the Xiongnu.
  追溯到他们的祖先匈奴的休屠王。
• These buildings have an ancestry which can be traced back to Greece and rome.
  这些建筑物历史悠久，可上溯至古希腊和古罗马时代。
• I classified her ancestry as African american.
  我判断她有非洲和美洲的血统。