ancestry

英 [ˈænsestri]

美 [ˈænsestri]

n.  (统称)祖宗，祖先; 列祖列宗

复数：ancestries　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14094 / COCA.10801

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

• 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 intend to release all my personal karma from the era of Atlantis in my tapestry of ancestry.
  我意愿解除我祖先织锦中来自亚特兰蒂斯时代的所有个人业力。
• 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。
• I intend the birth of ascending children related unto my tapestry of ancestry.
  我意愿与我祖先织锦有关的提升孩童得以诞生。
• They trace their ancestry to King Xiutu of the Xiongnu.
  追溯到他们的祖先匈奴的休屠王。
• Hispanics are people of Spanish ancestry.
  西班牙后裔就是具有西班牙血统的人。
• There is nothing really that one's extensive ancestry has not already dreamt many times and experienced.
  没有什么事情是你们祖先未曾梦想了多次并经历了多次的。
• 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。
• 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。
• My first hula lessons triggered much karma in my ancestry around seduction and dance.
  我的第一节草裙舞课程触发了我祖先中围绕诱惑与舞蹈的大量的业力。