lineage
/ˈlaɪnɪdʒ/noun
1
- mass noun lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree直系; 祖系, 家族史。
1.1
- count noun Anthropology a social group tracing its descent from a single ancestor【人类学】家族谱系。
2
- count noun Biology a sequence of species each of which is considered to have evolved from its predecessor【生】血统, 谱系：
the chimpanzee and gorilla lineages.
黑猩猩和大猩猩的血统。
2.1
- a sequence of cells in the body which developed from a common ancestral cell细胞谱系：
the myeloid lineage.
骨髓细胞谱系。
词源
Middle English: from Old French lignage, from Latin linea 'a line' （see LINE1 ）.