heredity
美音:
[hə´redətı
]英音:
[hə´redətı
]n.遗传,形质遗传
难易程度:
heredity为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词复数:heredities
词根
her=heir(继承人)
heredity
/hɪ'redətɪ; hə`rɛdətɪ/
n [U]
(a) passing on of physical or mental characteristics from parents to children 遗传
*[attrib 作定语] heredity factors 遗传因素.
(b) such characteristics in a particular person 某人来自遗传的特徵
*part of one's heredity 来自遗传的部分特徵.
heredity
n[U][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: French;Origin: hérédité, from
Latin hereditas, from heres;
HEIR]
the process by which mental and physical qualities are passed from a parent to a child before the child is born
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genetics
1. Heredity is controlled by genes. 遗传是由基因控制的。
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