| 单词 | lineal |
| 释义 | lineal (once / 5631 pages) adj WORD FAMILY lineal: interlineal, lineally+/interlineal: interlineally/line: lineal, linear, lineation, lined, linelike, liner, lines, lining, reline, underline/linear: interlinear, linearise, linearity, linearize, linearly, nonlinear/linearity: linearities/lineation: lineations/lined: unlined/liner: liners/lining: linings/reline: relined, relining/underline: underlined, underlines, underlining USAGE EXAMPLESHe became the only three-time lineal heavyweight champion at age 36 pretty much through muscle memory, craft, and desire. Slate(Jun 04, 2016) The tribe is also shrinking as its elders die even though more than 1,200 tribal “lineal descendants,” such as children and grandchildren, remain unenrolled. Washington Times(May 18, 2016) The Voyager spacecraft are the lineal descendants of those sailing-ship voyages of exploration, and of the scientific and speculative tradition of Christiaan Huygens. Carl Sagan, Cosmos(1980) 1adj in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child lineal ancestors lineal heirs Syn|Ant direct matrilineal, matrilinear based on or tracing descent through the female line patrilineal, patrilinearbased on or tracing descent through the male line unilateraltracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only relatedconnected by kinship, common origin, or marriage collateral, indirect descended from a common ancestor but through different lines relatedconnected by kinship, common origin, or marriage 2adj arranged in a line Syn linear, one-dimensional of or in or along or relating to a line; involving a single dimension |
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