lineage
英 [ˈlɪn.i.ɪdʒ]
美 [ˈlɪn.i.ɪdʒ]
1. line + -age.
2. 这里取 line 的引申义:家族,家系,血统。
lineage 宗系,血统来自line,线,引申词义宗系,血统。
- lineage (n.)
- late 17c. alteration (by influence of line (n.)) of Middle English linage (c. 1300), from Old French lignage "descent, extraction, race," from ligne "line," from Latin linea "string, line, thread" (see line (n.)).
- 1. She has never traced back her lineage, but believes her grandparents were from Aberdeenshire.
- 她从没有查考过自己的家系,不过她认为她祖父母来自阿伯丁郡。
- 2. They can trace their lineage directly back to the 18th century.
- 他们的世系可以直接追溯到18世纪。
- 3. The heroes and heroines are of ancient and aristocratic lineage.
- 男女主人都是家世渊源的贵族.
- 4. He did not suspect the pretty shepherd - boy came of royal lineage.
- 他没有料到这个漂亮的牧羊童会是王族出身.
- 5. She was of ( an ) aristocratic lineage.
- 她 有 贵族的血统.