单词 | lineage |
释义 | lineage lineage1 /lin"ee ij/, n. 1. lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction: She could trace her lineage to the early Pilgrims. 2. the line of descendants of a particular ancestor; family; race. [1275-1325; LINE(AL) + -AGE; r. ME linage < AF; OF lignage < VL *lineaticum. See LINE1, -AGE] Syn. 1. pedigree, parentage, derivation, genealogy. 2. tribe, clan. lineage2 /luy"nij/, n. linage. |
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