| 词汇 | genealogy |
| 释义 | genealogy noun uk /ˌdʒiː.niˈæl.ə.dʒi/ us /ˌdʒiː.niˈæl.ə.dʒi/ [ U ] (the study of) the history of the past and present members of a family or families: 家谱（学），宗谱（学）;家系，世系 genealogy ofI became interested in the genealogy of my family.我对我家的家史产生了兴趣。 your ancestors ancestorI discovered that one of my ancestors was a member of King Henry VIII's court. forebearMy forebears were enslaved and brought to this country. forefatherI visited the land of my forefathers. ancestryDNA tests tell me that I have Central Asian ancestry. extractionMy family is of Italian extraction. family treeSince many families will be gathering for the holiday, it's a perfect time to create a family tree. [ C ] a drawing showing the history of a family with all past and present members joined together by lines家谱图，宗谱图 Family: ancestors & descendants ancestor ancestral ancestry be in the/someone's bloodidiom blood is thicker than wateridiom descent distaff family tree forbear forebear genealogist generation generationally heraldic heraldically heraldry progenitor run in the familyidiom sandwich generation successor genealogy | American Dictionarygenealogy noun[ C/U ] us/ˌdʒi·niˈɑl·ə·dʒi, -ˈæl-/ the study of the history of the past and present members of a family, or a particular history of this type: [ C ]He has produced a genealogy of his family going back to 1732. genealogicaladjective[ not gradable ]us/ˌdʒi·ni·əˈlɑdʒ·ɪ·kəl/ Examples of genealogygenealogy Another approach was to refer to genealogies re-created by historians and enthusiasts. The linguist can often identify place names, genealogies, and even colloquial expressions that provide critical evidence of land rights and ownership deriving from traditional practices. Many hours spent poring over census forms and genealogies have served to remind me how soft 'hard' data can be. Nuclear gene genealogies reveal historical, demographic and selective factors associated with speciation in field crickets. He gave properties of the non-wandering set, traced the genealogies of the periodic points of period 5, and described their stability types and bifurcations. Examinations of surviving family genealogies and census-type materials have offered further insights into past demographic regimes and shattered some long-established beliefs. If they had no sons according to the genealogies, they would be assumed to have died at age 29. Again alternative genealogies and histories loom as something far more monstrous than demons that could be cast within a 'bad phase' of history or life. Several kinds of charts and diagrams are generally helpful, especially so the genealogies. Further information could come from linkage disequilibrium, or the concordance between linked genealogies. However, examining genealogies at linked loci could locate the sweep and separate all the parameters. Family genealogies have been rewritten, sometimes reaching back over a thousand years, to redefine the present kin group. On the other, the existence of interrelated families of genres was located within generic genealogies. The modern dimension of the colonies also went along with a close awareness of genealogies. Purist discourse is a ridiculous fantasy, but imagined origins, genealogies, and bloodlines are willfully and pridefully constructed in defiance of hegemonic official discourse. See all examples of genealogy These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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