ancestry
UK/'ænsestri/US
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Definitions
n.
One's family or ethnic descent; the series of people from whom one is descended.
祖先，世系，血统，出身
Root Breakdown
Native Englishancestryother
=ancestry
Common Collocations
- 1.trace ancestry追溯血统
Example Sentences
- 1.
Genealogists trace ancestry through careful examination of historical records.
- 2.
She discovered her ancestry included nobility from several European countries.