单词	ancestry
释义	ancestry noun an·​ces·​try ˈan-ˌse-strē  1 : line of descent : lineage especially : honorable, noble, or aristocratic descent 2 : persons initiating or comprising a line of descent : ancestors Synonyms birth blood bloodline breeding descent extraction family tree genealogy line lineage origin parentage pedigree stock strain See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences They claim to be of noble ancestry. a person of unknown ancestry She claims to be able to trace her ancestry all the way back to the earliest settlers. Recent Examples on the Web Names, facial features and ancestry are investigated; even those with mixed blood are put on the list of people to be expelled. Jonathan Bate, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2022 It’s about what is viewed as the problematic aspects of your background, and that is African ancestry. Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 24 Aug. 2022 It’s a startling vision that evokes both modern womanhood and deep African ancestry. Kovie Biakolo, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Aug. 2022 The index also does not take factors like gender or ancestry into account. Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2022 The category was added alongside race, religion, gender, age, and ancestry. Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 16 Aug. 2022 Police said the process, called phenotyping, uses DNA to predict traits such as ancestry, hair and eye color and face shape. Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2022 Part of that has to do with Midthunder, a young actor with Sioux ancestry, silent-cinema-starlet eyes and a physical presence that can project vulnerability or steely self-assurance. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2022 The next step is to incorporate additional layers of data — from molecular and medical to environmental — and work to change decades-old practices of focusing on people of one ancestry to include people of many. David Reese And Kári Stefánsson, STAT, 2 Aug. 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition ancestry noun an·​ces·​try ˈan-ˌse-strē  plural ancestries : a person's ancestors ancestry noun as in lineage the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended a Cambodian immigrant who can trace her Khmer ancestry as far back as the 16th century Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance lineage genealogy origin pedigree descent family breeding parentage blood extraction birth bloodline stock strain relatives heredity family tree race line relations house succession kindred kin Antonyms & Near Antonyms progeny offspring seed posterity issue son child heir successor inheritor See More
随便看	half-hearted half-heartedly half-heartedness half-holiday half-hour glass half-hourly half-inferior half-integer half-integers half-integral half-knot half-length half-life half-lifes half-light half-lives half-long half-loop half-marathon half-marathons half-marrow half-mast half-masted half-masting half-masts

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