| 单词 | descent |
| 释义 | descent /di sent"/, n. 1. the act, process, or fact of descending. 2. a downward inclination or slope. 3. a passage or stairway leading down. 4. derivation from an ancestor; lineage; extraction. 5. any passing from higher to lower in degree or state; decline. 6. a sudden raid or hostile attack. 7. Law. transmission of real property by intestate succession. [1300-50; ME < AF, OF descente, deriv. of descendre to DESCEND, modeled on such pairs as vente, vendre] Syn. 1. falling, sinking. 2. decline, grade, declivity. 4. ancestry, parentage. 6. assault, foray. |
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