ancestry
ancestry
(pl. -ies)
(pl. -ies)
- [usu. in sing.]one's family or ethnic descent
祖先
his dark eyes came from his Jewish ancestry.
他的黑眼睛来自于他的犹太祖先。
■the evolutionary or genetic line of descent of an animal or plant
（动植物的）世系，遗传系统；演化
the ancestry of the rose is extremely complicated.
玫瑰花的祖系进化非常复杂。
■(figurative)the origin or background of something
(喻)起源，滥觞
the book traces the ancestry of women's poetry.
该书追溯了女性诗歌的滥觞。
- Middle English : alteration of Old French ancesserie, from ancestre (see ancestor)
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- receptive adj.善于接受的,能容纳的,有接受力的,感受的，感官的
- receptivity n.感受性，接受能力
- receptor n.[生]感受器，受体,[电]感受器，接收器,[化]接受器,感觉器官
- receptorology n.（研究受体单元分子的）受体学
- recertification n.换发新证
- recess n.休息,隐蔽处,（山脉，海岸等的）凹处,壁凹，壁龛 vt.把某物放在凹处,制造凹陷,（暂时）休会，休课，休庭 vi.休息，休会，休庭
- recession n.经济衰退，不景气,后退，撤退,凹处,退场
- recessional n.礼拜结束时唱的圣诗，退场赞美诗
- recessionary adj.（经济）萧条的,衰退的
- recessive adj.有倒退倾向的，逆行的,（遗传特征）隐性的
- receving 收到，接受
- rechabite n.绝对禁酒者，禁酒会员
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