PEDIGREE, n. The known part of the route from an arboreal ancestor with a swim bladder to an urban descendant with a cigarette.
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n. 路;（公共汽車和列車等的）常規(guī)路線;航線;渠道，途徑;
vt. 按某路線發(fā)送;給…規(guī)定路線[次序，程序];
?? rount(break)+e(名詞后綴)→道路；路線
"The plane did not fly the usual commercial route."
飛機(jī)沒有沿通常的商業(yè)航線飛.
近義：lead, orientate, walk, guide, heading, lane
arboreal
[ɑr'b?r??l]
adj. 樹木的，生活于樹上的;
?? arbor 樹木
"Man was evolved from an ancestor that was probably arboreal."
人大概是從住在樹上的祖先進(jìn)化而來的.
近義：tree
n. 祖先，祖宗;被繼承人;原型;（動物的）原種，先祖;
?? an=ante前，先+cest=cess行走，前進(jìn)+or表人→走在前面的人→祖先
"This machine is the ancestor of the modern computer."
這臺機(jī)器是現(xiàn)代電腦的始祖.
近義：ascendant, parent, progenitor, forebear, predecessor, elder
反義：kin, offspring, son, boy, issue, scion
n. 后代;后裔;（由過去類似物發(fā)展來的）派生物;弟子;
adj. 下降的;祖?zhèn)鞯?
?? de 向下 + scend 爬，攀 + ant人→傳下的人→子孫，后代
"He is a lineal descendant of the company's founder."
他是公司創(chuàng)始人的直系后裔。
近義：descendent, kin, offspring, son, boy, issue
反義：ascendant, parent, progenitor, forebear, predecessor, elder
cigarette
['s?ɡ?r?t]
n. 紙煙，香煙;
?? cigar雪茄+ette表名詞 →香煙
"A cigarette set the dry grass alight ."
一支香煙把干草點(diǎn)燃了。
近義：cigaret, fag
pedigree
['pedigri:]
n. 血統(tǒng);家譜;血統(tǒng)表;
adj. 純種的;有血統(tǒng)來源的;
"The champions really showed their pedigree today."
今天的冠軍確實(shí)展現(xiàn)了其純種系譜.
近義：species, breed, blood, kind, genealogy, pureblooded