ancestry 详细解释

ancestry

['ænsistri]

n.祖先, 家世, 门第,血统

n.[U][C]

1. (总称)祖先, 列祖列宗

They traced their ancestry back to George Washington.

他们的祖先可追溯至乔治・华盛顿。

2. 世系, 血统

He is an American of French ancestry.

他是法国血统的美国人。

3. 名门出身

词形变化

名词复数: ancestries |

词义辨析

同义参见:

extraction  stem  descent  blood  nationality  lineage  

反义参见:

posterity  

英英释义

名词 ancestry:

the descendants of one individual

同义词:lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, origin, parentage, stemma, stock

inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

同义词:lineage, derivation, filiation

补充

ancestryancestry英:[ˈænsistri] 美:[ˈænˌsɛstri]n.1.祖先, 世系The family has traced its ancestry to the Norman invaders.这个家族将自己的世系追溯到诺曼征服者。

例句

1. American citizens of Japanese ancestry日本血统的美国公民 2. Many Gibraltarians can trace their ancestry on the Rock to the early 1700s.许多直布罗陀人的世系可以追溯到18世纪初的直布罗陀巨岩。 3. his dark eyes came from his Jewish ancestry.他的黑眼睛来自于他的犹太祖先。 4. the ancestry of the rose is extremely complicated.玫瑰花的祖系进化非常复杂。 5. the book traces the ancestry of women's poetry.该书追溯了女性诗歌的滥觞。 6. They claim to be of noble ancestry.他们声称有着贵族血统。 7. an Englishman of German ancestry = an Englishman who is German by ancestry德国血统的英国人 8. a person of unknown ancestry祖籍不明的人 9. She claims to be able to trace her ancestry all the way back to the earliest settlers.她声称她的家世可追溯至最早的移民。 10. They have different ancestries.他们有着不同的祖先。