| 单词 | ancestry |
| 释义 | an·ces·try 1. a. < a Mexican proud of his pure Spanish ancestry > specifically < an upstart society without breeding or ancestry > b. < farmers still using methods employed by their colonial ancestry > 2. a. < a mountain of volcanic ancestry > b. < radical politics had a far longer ancestry than most people had thought — Times Literary Supplement > Synonyms: < 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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