n. 種族；祖先；血統(tǒng)（stirp的復(fù)數(shù)形式） (stirps的變形)
英文詞源
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."