one's family or ethnic descent
祖先
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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
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the ancestry of the rose is extremely complicated .玫瑰花的遗传、进化非常复杂。
〈喻〉 起源,滥觞
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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