| 单词 | ancestry |
| 释义 | ancestry /an"ses tree/ or, esp. Brit., /-seuh stree/, n. , pl. ancestries. 1. family or ancestral descent; lineage. 2. honorable or distinguished descent: famous by title and ancestry. 3. a series of ancestors: His ancestry settled Utah. 4. the inception or origin of a phenomenon, object, idea, or style. 5. the history or developmental process of a phenomenon, object, idea, or style. [1300-50; ME, equiv. to ancestre ANCESTOR + -Y3; r. ME aunce(s)trie < AF] Syn. 1. pedigree, genealogy, stock. 3. family, line. |
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