pedigree
英['ped?gri?]
美['p?d?ɡri]
- n. 血統；家譜
- adj. 純種的
詞態變化
復數:?pedigrees;
助記提示
1、pedi- "foot" + gruem (nominative grus) "crane", cognate with Greek geranos, Old English cran, see crane. => pedigree.
2、字面含義為：foot of a crane. => genealogical table or chart.
3、因為表示家譜的圖表符號很像鳥的腳印。
4、Form influenced in Middle English by association with degree. => 詞尾雙e的風格來源。
中文詞源
pedigree 家譜，門第，世系
來自古法語pied de gru,天鵝的腳爪，來自pied,腳，詞源同foot,de,的，gru,天鵝，詞源同crane.后拼寫通俗化，用于指家譜，因家譜圖如同天鵝的腳爪而得名，引申詞義門第，世系等。
英文詞源
- pedigree
- pedigree: [15] Etymologically, pedigree means ‘crane’s-foot’. It comes from Anglo-Norman *pe de gru, pe meaning ‘foot’ (from Latin pēs) and gru ‘crane’ (from Latin grūs). The notion behind the metaphor is that a bird’s foot, with its three splayed-out toes, resembles the branching lines drawn to illustrate a family tree.
=> crane, geranium - pedigree (n.)
- early 15c., "genealogical table or chart," from Anglo-French pe de gru, a variant of Old French pied de gru "foot of a crane," from Latin pedem accusative of pes "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)) + gruem (nominative grus) "crane," cognate with Greek geranos, Old English cran; see crane (n.)).
On old manuscripts, "descent" was indicated by a forked sign resembling the branching lines of a genealogical chart; the sign also happened to look like a bird's footprint. Form influenced in Middle English by association with degree. Meaning "ancestral line" is mid-15c.; of animals, c. 1600. Related: Pedigreed.
雙語例句
- 1. Hammer's business pedigree almost gua-ranteed him the acquaintance of U.S. presidents.
- 哈默的商業背景幾乎保證了他能夠結識美國總統。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She had an impeccable aristocratic pedigree.
- 她有純正的貴族血統。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The champions really showed their pedigree today.
- 今天的冠軍確實展現了其純種系譜.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Like any other commodity, pedigree dogs are covered by the Sale of Goods Act.
- 像其他商品一樣，純種狗的買賣同樣受《貨物買賣法》的約束。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. A pedigree pup should have been inoculated against serious diseases before it's sold.
- 純種狗應該在出售前注射預防嚴重疾病的針.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》