- 1家世、血統、祖先（指家族一脈從哪裡來，不是單指某一位先祖）
Ancestry is the family line behind you: the people you come from, going back a long time, and the mix of places and groups they belonged to. You might say “My ancestry is Hakka,” or “She has Irish ancestry.” That is not one ; it is the stream of family. dictionaries often explain it as “the members of your family who lived long ago,” and that is close — though actually we usually call those people your . Ancestry is the line, or the story of where that line comes from. It is a quiet, slightly careful word, more at home in family talk, history, and documentaries than in the playground. You will also hear it on websites that claim they can map your family through DNA.
From the word’s history
From Middle English auncestrie, from Old French ancesserie; see ancestor.
源自中古英文 auncestrie，來自古法文 ancesserie。
組成From Middle English auncestrie, from Old French ancesserie. It belongs with ancestor.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
ancestrynoun/ˈæn.sɛs.tɹi/
- 1
The state of being ancestors.
- 2
Birth to a noble or high-ranking family, or to someone of honorable descent.
- Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible.
- Tali: My people place a high value on family and ancestry. There's an unspoken expectation that I'll live up to my father's example.
- 3
A series of ancestors; the people from whom one is descended.
- I can trace my ancestry back to the 18th century.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。