genealogy
英[dʒiːnɪ'ælədʒɪ;dʒen-]
美['dʒinɪ'ælədʒi]
- n. 宗谱；血统；家系；系谱学
词态变化
复数: genealogies;形容词: genealogical;
中文词源
genealogy 宗谱学
gen, 生育，祖先。-logy, 学说。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Andy Canvin is a pioneer on the strange frontier of DNA genealogy.
- 安迪-卡文是DNA谱系学奇异前沿的先锋人物.
来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 基因与寻祖
- 2. He had sat and repeated his family's genealogy to her, twenty minutes of nonstop names.
- 他坐下又给她细数了一遍他家族的家谱，20分钟内说出了一连串的名字。
来自辞典例句
- 3. He was proficient in all questions of genealogy.
- 他非常精通所有家谱的问题.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Many libraries specialize in genealogy.
- 许多图书馆专门收藏氏族家谱.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Usually there is a story of creation and a genealogy of the gods to be remembered.
- 通常有一些神话和诸神的谱系需要记忆.
来自辞典例句