• n. 血統；家譜
• adj. 純種的

來自古法語pied de gru,天鵝的腳爪，來自pied,腳，詞源同foot,de,的，gru,天鵝，詞源同crane.后拼寫通俗化，用于指家譜，因家譜圖如同天鵝的腳爪而得名，引申詞義門第，世系等。

pedigree

pedigree: [15] Etymologically, pedigree means ‘crane’s-foot’. It comes from Anglo-Norman *pe de gru, pe meaning ‘foot’ (from Latin pēs) and gru ‘crane’ (from Latin grūs). The notion behind the metaphor is that a bird’s foot, with its three splayed-out toes, resembles the branching lines drawn to illustrate a family tree.
=> crane, geranium

pedigree (n.)

early 15c., "genealogical table or chart," from Anglo-French pe de gru, a variant of Old French pied de gru "foot of a crane," from Latin pedem accusative of pes "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)) + gruem (nominative grus) "crane," cognate with Greek geranos, Old English cran; see crane (n.)).

On old manuscripts, "descent" was indicated by a forked sign resembling the branching lines of a genealogical chart; the sign also happened to look like a bird's footprint. Form influenced in Middle English by association with degree. Meaning "ancestral line" is mid-15c.; of animals, c. 1600. Related: Pedigreed.

1. Hammer's business pedigree almost gua-ranteed him the acquaintance of U.S. presidents.

哈默的商業背景幾乎保證了他能夠結識美國總統。

來自柯林斯例句

2. She had an impeccable aristocratic pedigree.

她有純正的貴族血統。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The champions really showed their pedigree today.

今天的冠軍確實展現了其純種系譜.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Like any other commodity, pedigree dogs are covered by the Sale of Goods Act.

像其他商品一樣，純種狗的買賣同樣受《貨物買賣法》的約束。

來自柯林斯例句

5. A pedigree pup should have been inoculated against serious diseases before it's sold.

純種狗應該在出售前注射預防嚴重疾病的針.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》