inheritance

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The passing of title to an estate upon death. countable,uncountable
  2. That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion). countable
  3. The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited. especially,uncountable
    — The Indo-European languages share various similarities as a result of their inheritance from a common ancestor.
  4. The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring. countable,uncountable
  5. The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass. countable,uncountable

词形变化

inheritances plural enheritance alternative,obsolete enheritaunce alternative,obsolete inheritaunce alternative,obsolete inhæritance alternative,hypercorrect,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
blending inheritance coinheritance composition over inheritance disinheritance inheritance law inheritance powder inheritance tax misinheritance noninheritance particulate inheritance preheritance widow inheritance
相关词
inherit inheritable inheritor inheritress inheritrix

词源

Inherited from Middle English enheritaunce, inheritaunce, borrowed from Anglo-Norman, Old French enheritaunce, from enheriter. By surface analysis, inherit + -ance.
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