英 [ˈænsestri] 美 [ˈænsestri]
n. 祖先，血统；（动植物的）世系，演化；起源，滥觞
复数ancestries
ancestry /ˈænsɛstrɪ/ CET6+ TEM4
可数名词 Your ancestry is the fact that you are descended from certain people. 家世
...a family who could trace their ancestry back to the sixteenth century.
…一个家世能追溯回16世纪的家庭。
inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
同义词： lineage / derivation / filiation
祖先-引用次数：3
According to a vast amount of epitaph, clan Pei's directly ancestry is Ying Zhen, a prince of Qin.
首先，根据大量墓志记载，证明裴氏家族的直接祖先是秦公子赢鍼。
参考来源中古“河东三姓”文学研究
祖先-引用次数：1
世系
始祖
虽然这个有著六百多年历史的词语不会就此消亡﹐学术界开始用人口(Population)、祖先(Ancestry)等替代词。包括宾州立大学教授马克‧谢瑞佛在内的许多人类学家不再使用种族(Race)一词。
... 或先辈们出色 Or Predecessors 祖先,先辈 ancestry 先辈的迷信技能 advanced science and technology ...
... 当初;先前〖first〗 先世;祖先〖ancestry;ancestors〗 前导;前驱〖forerunner;pioneer〗 ...
马卡丹的笔触既着重对民系古代的深远形容，感想这块先民热血与祖辈(Ancestry)的魂灵熔铸(Casting)的土地上，不以物喜，不以己悲，我知道这很难，但要成功，这是必修课。
ancestral 祖先的；祖传的
ancestor 始祖，祖先；被继承人
ancestress 女性祖先；女性被继承人
What is skeptical observers' opinion on ancestry testing?
持怀疑态度的观察者们对血统检测的看法是什么？
It is probable that the nocturnal trades a way back in the ancestry of all mammals.
这种夜间的“交易”也许可以一直追溯到所有哺乳动物的祖先身上。
What we did in our ancestry was to produce more permanent natural coloring in our skin cells.
我们祖先所做的是在我们的皮肤细胞中产生更持久的天然色素。
In Canada,for example, indigenous -- or First Nation people live on average seven fewer years than Canadians of European ancestry.
VOA : special.2009.07.20
And there are two kinds. Most people of European or African ancestry have the "wet" kind: thick and sticky.
VOA : special.2010.03.31
The Census Bureau says that in two thousand seven, thirty-six and a half million people in the United States claimed Irish ancestry.
VOA : special.2009.03.16
Recently I sent my DNA to 23andme to get a broader picture of my ancestry.
Evolution as fact refers to the historical reality that species are related through common ancestry.
Ruben Aquino, a longtime Disney staffer of Japanese-Filipino ancestry, supervised animation for main characters.