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

• Hispanics are people of Spanish ancestry.
  西班牙后裔就是具有西班牙血统的人。
• Ancestry is more about geography.
  祖先是更多的与地理相关。
• A person of Chinese ancestry. We should honour our ancestors.
  华裔有中国人祖先的人我们还要缅怀祖先。
• 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。
• 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。
• They are citizens of Chinese ancestry.
  他们是中国血统的公民。
• 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。
• 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。
• Having a similar structure or appearance but being of different ancestry.
  同形的具有类似的结构或外表但世系不同的。
• 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。