heredity 详细解释

heredity

[hi'rediti]

n.遗传, 遗传特征

n.

遗传[U]

My height comes from my heredity.

我的身高来自于遗传。

词形变化

名词复数: heredities |

词义辨析

同义参见:

heritage  descent  

英英释义

名词 heredity:

the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next

the total of inherited attributes

同义词:genetic endowment

补充

heredityheredity英:[hiˈrediti] 美:[həˈrɛdɪti]n.1.遗传

例句

1. heredity is not a factor in causing this cancer.遗传因素不是导致这种癌症的原因。 2. he wears a tunic Cossack to emphasize his Russian heredity.他穿了一件哥萨克人的紧身短上衣以突出他的俄罗斯血统。 3. a second chamber whose membership is largely based on heredity.成员大多是世袭的上议院。 4. heredity plays no part in the disease.这种病不遗传。