pedigree

n

• ① 1系谱2(动物的)血统书
  • a family pedigree家谱

• ② 1家系;门第;名门2(动物的)血统;纯正的血统
  • She comes from a family of pedigree.她出身名门。
  • Mary was by pedigree an aristocrat.=Mary had an aristocratic pedigree.玛丽出身贵族。
  • He is proud of his long pedigree.他以其悠久的家系为傲。
  • fine dogs with pedigrees有血统记录的良犬

• ③ 【口】(人、物的)经历,背景,来历;来源
  • the pedigree of a word某字的来源
  • Jack had a criminal pedigree.杰克有前科。
  • His political pedigree stretches back to the Korean War.他的政治经历溯至韩战时期。