pedigree

英 ['pedɪgriː] 美 ['pɛdɪɡri]

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※ 提供单词"pedigree"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

pedigree 家谱，门第，世系

来自古法语pied de gru,天鹅的脚爪，来自pied,脚，词源同foot,de,的，gru,天鹅，词源同crane.后拼写通俗化，用于指家谱，因家谱图如同天鹅的脚爪而得名，引申词义门第，世系等。

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.

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1. Hammer's business pedigree almost gua-ranteed him the acquaintance of U.S. presidents.: 哈默的商业背景几乎保证了他能够结识美国总统。

4. Like any other commodity, pedigree dogs are covered by the Sale of Goods Act.: 像其他商品一样，纯种狗的买卖同样受《货物买卖法》的约束。

5. A pedigree pup should have been inoculated against serious diseases before it's sold.: 纯种狗应该在出售前注射预防严重疾病的针.