heritage

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n. 遗产, 祖先遗留物, 继承物 [医] 遗传性

发音

US /ˈhɛɹ.ɪ.tɪd͡ʒ/

词形变化

heritages 复数 heritages

别名

hæritage

教材释义与例句

名词

遗产；传统；继承物；继承权

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    An inheritance; property that may be inherited.

    遗产

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.

    遗产

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.

    定语 可数 不可数

    a heritage speaker; a heritage language

    The university requires heritage Spanish students to enroll in a specially designed Spanish program not available to non-heritage students.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

inheritance

上位词 3

practice acquisition attribute

下位词 10

background legacy upbringing heirloom devise birthright bequest accretion borough English patrimony

部分词 1

heirloom

相关短语

heritage language 传承语 heritage languages heritage tomato heritage tomatoes heritage interpretation heritage railway heritage railways heritage interpretations heritage speaker heritage speakers heritage river heritage rivers World Heritage Site 世界遗产 World Heritage site World Heritage Sites

词源

From Middle English heritage, from Old French eritage, heritage (modern French héritage), ultimately derived (through suffixation) from Latin hērēs. By surface analysis, herit + -age.

来源：wiktionary