Word · Frequency #14094
ancestry
祖先；世系
核心释义
The series of people from whom someone is descended; a person's ancestors considered as a group.
- 1.
作为祖先的状态。
The state of being ancestors.
- 2.
一个个体的后代
the descendants of one individual
- 3.
出身贵族或显赫家庭,或出自可敬血统。
Birth to a noble or high-ranking family, or to someone of honorable descent.
- 4.
与血缘关系的其他人共享的遗传特征
inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
- 5.
祖先世系；某人的先祖。
A series of ancestors; the people from whom one is descended.
贵族血统；名门出身；后代；后裔；遗传特征；祖先身份；作为祖先的状态。
用法In use
She is proud of her Irish ancestry.
用法提示：ancestry 作为不可数名词，表示血统或祖先来源。
His ancestry can be traced back to the 16th century.
用法提示：ancestry 作为不可数名词，表示祖先世系。
The city's population has diverse ancestries.
用法提示：ancestries 是 ancestry 的复数形式，表示不同的祖先背景。
have ancestry from/in [place/ethnic group]
She has ancestry from Ireland.
她有爱尔兰血统。
trace one's ancestry back to [person/period]
He traced his ancestry back to the 18th century.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- trace one's ancestry
- 追溯某人的家世
- She traced her ancestry back to 18th-century Ireland.她把家世追溯到18世纪的爱尔兰。
- noble ancestry
- 贵族血统，名门出身
- He comes from a family of noble ancestry.他出身于贵族血统的家庭。
- common ancestry
- 共同祖先，共同血统
- Humans and chimpanzees share a common ancestry.人类和黑猩猩有共同的祖先。
- mixed ancestry
- 混血血统，多元祖先背景
- Many people in the city have mixed ancestry.这座城市里许多人拥有混血血统。
- ancestry test
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
ancestry 以 ancestor 开头，想象“祖先（ancestor）留下的踪迹（-try）”，即家族世系。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：everyday conversation about family origins、genealogy and family-history research、formal or historical writing、scientific and genetic contexts ancestry 在谈论家族出身或祖籍时通常语气中性；在家谱研究、历史叙述或正式写作中比较常见，而指贵族血统或遗传特征时多用于正式或学术语境。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
没有常见词与 ancestry /ˈænsɛstri/ 押韵。下面带 -stry 拼写的词虽然同以 -stry 结尾，但重读元音及后续发音不同，不能按拼写类推发音。sentry 看起来相近，但实际读音也不同。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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