lineage
n 血统；系统（line+age状态→直线[直系]状态）
释义2：
lineage
/ 5liniidV /
◙ noun1. [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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