stirpes
['stɜːpiːz]
- n. 种族；祖先；血统（stirp的复数形式） (stirps的变形)
英文词源
- stirpes (n.)
- plural of stirps, Latin, literally "stem, stalk, trunk of a plant," figuratively "scion, offspring, descendant; source, origin, foundation, beginning." Hence stirpiculture "breeding of special stocks or strains."
