| 单词 | lineage |
| 释义 | lineage (once / 2140 pages) 1n 2n The word lineage is used to describe everyone who descends from a particular ancestor. Mozart had six children, but none of them had children of their own, so the composer’s lineage ended after one generation. If you put an adjective like artistic or spiritual before lineage, it becomes clear you're talking about people who are related by ideas or attitude, not by blood. There are many composers, even today, who trace their musical lineage to Mozart, even though his actual lineage ended in the 19th century. WORD FAMILYlineage: lineages USAGE EXAMPLESOf course that doesn’t solve the conflict of interest, it just pushes it down the Trump lineage. Salon(Dec 15, 2016) One of main goals of the restaurant will be to show Mexico's biodiversity and strong culinary lineage on a global stage. Los Angeles Times(Dec 07, 2016) At its best, this country still defines itself by a set of political values, not a particular ethnic lineage. Slate(Dec 06, 2016) 1 1n the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors Syn|Hypo|Hyper descent, filiation, line of descent bilateral descent line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the family unilateral descentline of descent traced through one side of the family cognation, enation, matrilineageline of descent traced through the maternal side of the family agnation, patrilineageline of descent traced through the paternal side of the family family relationship, kinship, relationship (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption 2n the descendants of one individual his entire lineage has been warriors Syn|Hypo|Hyper ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept people descended from a common ancestor sidea family line of descent peoplemembers of a family line homefolkthe people of your home locality (especially your own family) housearistocratic family line dynastya sequence of powerful leaders in the same family gens, namefamily based on male descent family tree, genealogy successive generations of kin 3n inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper ancestry, derivation, filiation descent, extraction, origin properties attributable to your ancestry bloodline, pedigreeancestry of a purebred animal full blooddescent from parents both of one pure breed hereditary pattern, inheritance (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents 1n the number of lines in a piece of printed material Syn|Hyper linage number a concept of quantity involving zero and units 2n a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted Syn|Hyper linage charge per unit, rate amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis |
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