| 单词 | bloodline |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbloodline bloodline n. a line of descent by birth or heredity; an individual forming part of this, a lineal antecedent or descendant; (later occasionally) a characteristic transmitted by heredity. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun] > a line of descent linec1386 descent?a1400 pedigree1440 series1599 Welsh pedigree1615 bloodline1658 family linea1694 stem-line1892 1658 S. Rutherford Surv. of Surv. Church-discipline iii. viii. 449 Were it grace and gracious dealing to cut off all his posterity..so as all the rest of the blood-line should be to him as damned Traitors? 1658 S. Rutherford Surv. of Surv. Church-discipline iii. viii. 448 The direct blood threed or blood-line from parent to childe. 1745 Antidote against Infectious Contagion of Popery & Tyranny 6 The People of Scotland..used to elect, not such always who were nearest in Blood-line, but frequently such as were judged most fit for Government. 1791 R. Coram Polit. Inq. iv. 82 The emperors were apprehensive, that if the people suspected an extinction of the blood line, that they would conclude, they were governed by men like themselves. 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Blood line, a particular transmissible character in an animal, or, analogically, in a plant. 1948 C. L. B. Hubbard Dogs in Brit. 31 He [sc. the breeder] will doubtless endeavour to improve or alter his blood-lines as the necessities arise. 2006 Eventing Feb. 29/2 Harley's bloodlines go back to the great show jumper Tropic Star. < as lemmas |
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