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;（公共汽车和列车等的）常规路线;航线;渠道，途径;
vt. 按某路线发送;给…规定路线[次序，程序];
💡 rount(break)+e(名词后缀)→道路；路线
"The plane did not fly the usual commercial route."
飞机没有沿通常的商业航线飞.
近义：lead, orientate, walk, guide, heading, lane
arboreal
[ɑr'bɔrɪəl]
adj. 树木的，生活于树上的;
💡 arbor 树木
"Man was evolved from an ancestor that was probably arboreal."
人大概是从住在树上的祖先进化而来的.
近义：tree
n. 祖先，祖宗;被继承人;原型;（动物的）原种，先祖;
💡 an=ante前，先+cest=cess行走，前进+or表人→走在前面的人→祖先
"This machine is the ancestor of the modern computer."
这台机器是现代电脑的始祖.
近义：ascendant, parent, progenitor, forebear, predecessor, elder
反义：kin, offspring, son, boy, issue, scion
n. 后代;后裔;（由过去类似物发展来的）派生物;弟子;
adj. 下降的;祖传的;
💡 de 向下 + scend 爬，攀 + ant人→传下的人→子孙，后代
"He is a lineal descendant of the company's founder."
他是公司创始人的直系后裔。
近义：descendent, kin, offspring, son, boy, issue
反义：ascendant, parent, progenitor, forebear, predecessor, elder
cigarette
['sɪɡərɛt]
n. 纸烟，香烟;
💡 cigar雪茄+ette表名词 →香烟
"A cigarette set the dry grass alight ."
一支香烟把干草点燃了。
近义：cigaret, fag
pedigree
['pedigri:]
n. 血统;家谱;血统表;
adj. 纯种的;有血统来源的;
"The champions really showed their pedigree today."
今天的冠军确实展现了其纯种系谱.
近义：species, breed, blood, kind, genealogy, pureblooded
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"RESTITUTIONS, n. The founding or endowing of universities and public libraries by gift or bequest."