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parentage

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Family, Nationality & race
par·ent·age /ˈpeərəntɪdʒ $ ˈper-/ noun [uncountable]  SSFSANsomeone’s parents and the country and social class they are from 出身,家世 an English-born man with Irish parentage 出生于英格兰的爱尔兰裔男子 He was born in France in 1670 of unknown parentage (=nobody knows who his parents were). 1670 年他出生于法国,家世不明。
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parentagechildren of French-Canadian parentageOne clue to the possible identity of the Magdalen in Gnostic eyes is to be found in her parentage.There is no record of Osbald's parentage but a Bernician extraction seems highly probable.Mary was a one-book wonder who failed to live up to her stellar parentage and early promise.The parentage of two kings was called into question.Perhaps it is their parentage at the bench.This parentage would make her akin to Persephone, the dangerous Virgin goddess of the underworld.
par·ent·age nounChineseSyllable
Corpus country and the class social someone’s they and parents


parentage
parentage /ˈpeərəntɪdʒ $ ˈper-/ noun [uncountable]
someone’s parents and the country and social class they are from:
    an English-born man with Irish parentage
    He was born in France in 1670 of unknown parentage (=nobody knows who his parents were).


par·ent·ageBrE /ˈpeərəntɪdʒ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈperəntɪdʒ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the origin of a person's parents and who they are 出身;世系;家世a young American of German parentage一个年轻的德裔美国人Nothing is known about her parentage and background. 她的家世和来历不明。🔊🔊