英语词汇“ancestry”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	ancestry
释义	an·ces·try \ˈanˌsestrē, ˈaan-, -ri, Brit usually & US sometimes -_sə̇s-\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English ancestrie, modification (influenced by Middle English ancestre ancestor) of Middle French ancesserie, from Old French, from ancessour ancestor + -ie -y — more at ancestor 1. a. : line of descent : genealogical succession : lineage < a Mexican proud of his pure Spanish ancestry > specifically : good birth : honorable, noble, or aristocratic descent < an upstart society without breeding or ancestry > b. : persons initiating or comprising a line of descent : ancestors < farmers still using methods employed by their colonial ancestry > 2. a. : material inception (as of an object or phenomenon) < a mountain of volcanic ancestry > b. : developmental process : history < radical politics had a far longer ancestry than most people had thought — Times Literary Supplement > Synonyms: ancestry, lineage, pedigree are often used interchangeably to designate one's progenitors or their total quality or character, often distinguished or notable. ancestry, however, usually connotes the treelike family branchings and ramifications as symbolized on a chart showing one's relation to progenitors through parental lines < came of distinguished Scotch, Welsh, and Huguenot ancestry settled in the Carolinas before the Revolution — Allan Westcott > lineage stresses descent in line, suggesting an order of persons descending from a single ancestor, though each may have a different ancestry < a family which traced its lineage from a Cavalier who came to America — Americana Annual > < his mother … traced her lineage to Miles Standish, John and Priscilla Alden, and George Soule, of the Mayflower group — C.J.Kraemer > pedigree implies a known and recorded ancestry, usually distinguished or notable < accustomed when making his marriage alliances to seek out pedigree as well as fortune in his wives — L.G.Pine > < son of a local baronet with a bank balance that makes up for lack of pedigree — Richard Harrison > < a champion show dog with a champion's pedigree >
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