genealogy
英 [d?i?n?'?l?d??; d?en-]
美 ['d?in?'?l?d?i]
- n. 宗譜；血統(tǒng)；家系；系譜學(xué)
中文詞源
genealogy 宗譜學(xué)gen, 生育，祖先。-logy, 學(xué)說。
英文詞源
- genealogy (n.)
- early 14c., "line of descent, pedigree, descent," from Old French genealogie (12c.), from Late Latin genealogia "tracing of a family," from Greek genealogia "the making of a pedigree," from genea "generation, descent" (see genus) + -logia (see -logy). An Old English word for it was folctalu, literally "folk tale." Meaning "study of family trees" is from 1768.
雙語例句
- 1. Andy Canvin is a pioneer on the strange frontier of DNA genealogy.
- 安迪-卡文是DNA譜系學(xué)奇異前沿的先鋒人物.
來自英漢非文學(xué) - 生命科學(xué) - 基因與尋祖
- 2. He had sat and repeated his family's genealogy to her, twenty minutes of nonstop names.
- 他坐下又給她細(xì)數(shù)了一遍他家族的家譜，20分鐘內(nèi)說出了一連串的名字。
來自辭典例句
- 3. He was proficient in all questions of genealogy.
- 他非常精通所有家譜的問題.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Many libraries specialize in genealogy.
- 許多圖書館專門收藏氏族家譜.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Usually there is a story of creation and a genealogy of the gods to be remembered.
- 通常有一些神話和諸神的譜系需要記憶.
來自辭典例句