bloodline
noun[C]
uk/ˈblʌd.laɪn/us/ˈblʌd.laɪn/all themembersof afamilygroupofpeopleoranimalsover aperiodoftime,especiallywhenconsideringtheirsharedfamilycharacteristics:
血统;(动物的)种系Ismailisbelievethat a bloodlinejoinstheAgaKhan toMohammed.伊斯玛仪派穆斯林相信阿迦汗和穆罕穆德属于同一血统。
This is apedigreepoodle- her bloodline ispure.这是一条纯种的鬈毛小母狗——是纯种的。
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.
Family: ancestors & descendants
- ancestor
- ancestral
- ancestry
- be in the/someone'sbloodidiom
- blood
- blood is thicker than wateridiom
- distaff
- family tree
- forbear
- forebear
- forefather
- genealogy
- generation
- heraldic
- heraldry
- lineage
- lineal
- run in the familyidiom
- sandwich generation
- successor