lineage

lineage
[ˈlɪnɪɪdʒ]
noun
  1. [mass noun]lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree
    直系;祖系,家系
    ■[count noun](Anthropology)a social group tracing its descent from a single ancestor
    (人类学)家族谱系
  2. [count noun](Biology)a sequence of species each of which is considered to have evolved from its predecessor
    (生)血统,谱系
    the chimpanzee and gorilla lineages.
    黑猩猩和大猩猩的血统。
    ■a sequence of cells in the body which developed from a common ancestral cell
    细胞谱系
    the myeloid lineage.
    骨髓细胞谱系。
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French lignage, from Latin linea 'a line' (see line)
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