atavism

音标['ætәvizm] 读音

汉语翻译

n. 隔代遗传, 返祖现象
【医】 返祖[现象], 隔代遗传

词型变化:

副词:atavistically 形容词:atavistic 名词:atavist 

英语解释:

名词 atavism:

  1. a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
    同义词:reversion, throwback

详细解释:


at.a.vism

n.(名词)
The reappearance of a characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence, usually caused by the chance recombination of genes.
返祖现象,隔代遗传:机体特征在几代缺失后重新出现,通常由基因重组引起
An individual or a part that exhibits atavism.Also called throwback
返祖体:表现出返祖现象的个体或部分也作 throwback
The return of a trait or recurrence of previous behavior after a period of absence.
重现:经过一段时间的缺失后,一特征的重新出现或以前特性的再次发生

来源:
French atavisme
法语 atavisme
from Latin atavus [ancestor]
源自 拉丁语 atavus [祖先]
atta [father]
atta [父亲]
avus [grandfather] * see awo-
avus [祖父] *参见 awo-

【引伸】
at.avist
n.(名词)
at.avis.tic
adj.(形容词)
at.avis.tically
adv.(副词)

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