her.i.tage

heritage的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈheritidʒ]
KK音标发音： [ˈhɛrɪtɪdʒ]

heritage的词性：
n.（名词）

1. Property that is or can be inherited; an inheritance.
遗产，继承财产：继承的或可被继承的财产；继承物

2. Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
遗留物，传统：由前辈传下来的东西；传统

3. The status acquired by a person through birth; a birthright:
与生俱来的权利：通过出生而得到的地位；长子继承权：

a heritage of affluence and social position.
与生俱来的富有和社会地位

heritage的词源：

4. Middle English
中古英语

5. from Old French
源自 古法语

6. from eritier [heir]
源自 eritier [继承人]

7. from Medieval Latin h?r?dit3rius
源自 中世纪拉丁语 h?r?dit3rius

8. from Latin [inherited] * see hereditary
源自 拉丁语 [被继承的] *参见 hereditary

heritage， inheritance， legacy， tradition

9. The central meaning shared by these nouns is “something immaterial, such as a custom, that is passed from one generation to another”:
这些名词共有的中心意思是：“由一代传给另一代的非物质性的东西，如习俗”：

a heritage of moral uprightness;
道德上正直的传统；

an inheritance of knowledge from the past;
由过去继承的知识；

a legacy of philosophical thought;
哲学思想遗产；

the tradition of noblesse oblige.
贵族行为理应高尚的传统。