descendant
英 [dɪˈsendənt]
美 [dɪˈsendənt]
n. 后裔; 后代; 子孙; (由过去类似物发展来的)派生物
复数：descendants
Collins.1 / BNC.6513 / COCA.6138
同义词辨析
offspringdescendantprogenyyoung【导航词义：子孙，后代】
offspringn. 子孙，后代
〔辨析〕
指人或动植物的后代，常为幽默用法。
〔例证〕
Her offspring are diligent and intelligent.
她的孩子们既勤奋又聪明。
This device is the offspring of his inventive mind.
这一装置是他那长于发明的头脑的产儿。
The mother tiger takes care of its four offspring.
母虎照看它的四只幼崽。
The seeds will produce many offspring.
这些种子将会发出许多幼苗。
她的孩子们既勤奋又聪明。
This device is the offspring of his inventive mind.
这一装置是他那长于发明的头脑的产儿。
The mother tiger takes care of its four offspring.
母虎照看它的四只幼崽。
The seeds will produce many offspring.
这些种子将会发出许多幼苗。
descendantn. 后代，后裔
〔辨析〕
指有血缘关系的后代，只用于人。
〔例证〕
They are the descendants of Confucius.
他们是孔子的后裔。
He claimed to be the descendant of George Washington.
他自称是乔治·华盛顿的后裔。
他们是孔子的后裔。
He claimed to be the descendant of George Washington.
他自称是乔治·华盛顿的后裔。
progenyn. 后代，后裔；儿女
〔辨析〕
指动植物的后代；指某人的儿女时为幽默用法。
〔例证〕
The mother lion was surrounded by her progeny.
幼狮围着母狮。
His numerous progeny are all asleep.
他的一大堆小辈们都睡着了。
幼狮围着母狮。
His numerous progeny are all asleep.
他的一大堆小辈们都睡着了。
youngn. 年轻人；幼崽
〔辨析〕
指年轻人或动物幼崽的群体，前面通常用定冠词 the 或物主代词。
〔例证〕
I'd like to work with the young.
我愿意和年轻人一起工作。
The lion tried to protect its young.
狮子极力保护其幼崽。
我愿意和年轻人一起工作。
The lion tried to protect its young.
狮子极力保护其幼崽。
牛津词典
noun
- 后裔；后代；子孙
a person's descendants are their children, their children's children, and all the people who live after them who are related to them- He was an O'Conor and a direct descendant of the last High King of Ireland.
他属于奥康纳家族，是爱尔兰最后一位君王的嫡系后裔。 - Many of them are descendants of the original settlers.
他们中许多人都是早期移民的后裔。
- He was an O'Conor and a direct descendant of the last High King of Ireland.
- （由过去类似物发展来的）派生物
something that has developed from sth similar in the past
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 后代;后裔;子孙
Someone'sdescendantsare the people in later generations who are related to them.- They are descendants of the original English and Scottish settlers.
他们是最初的英格兰和苏格兰定居者的后代。 - ...Lord Cochrane and his descendants.
科克伦勋爵及其后裔
- They are descendants of the original English and Scottish settlers.
- N-COUNT 派生物;衍生物;后代产物
Something modern which developed from an older thing can be called adescendant ofit.- His design was a descendant of a 1956 device...
他的设计是从一个 1956 年的装置衍生而来的。 - They are the descendants of plants imported by the early settlers.
它们是早期移民带来的一些植物的后代。
- His design was a descendant of a 1956 device...
英英释义
noun
- a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
adj
- proceeding by descent from an ancestor
- descendent gene
- going or coming down
双语例句
- Every man is the descendant of every king and every slave that ever lived.
所有人都是过去王的后代，也是奴的后代。 - Steve says he's a direct descendant of William shakespeare.
蒂夫说他是威廉莎士比亚的直系后裔。 - He was a descendant of patriots.
他的一家都是从戎的爱国者。 - He is a worthy descendant of the working class.
他是工人阶级的好后代。 - It has sometimes been argued that she, too, must have been a descendant of King david.
有时候会争论她一定也是一位大卫王的子孙。 - They are the descendants of plants imported by the early settlers.
它们是早期移民带来的一些植物的后代。 - In1600, Anne Marbury the descendant of Sir John Spencer moved to Massachusetts, America from Lincolnshire.
1600年，约翰·斯潘塞爵士的后裔安妮·马伯里从林肯郡迁移到美国的马萨诸塞州。 - Do no harm to the benefit and need to develop of our descendant.
不危害后代人发展的需要与利益。 - MS Stuart is the mixed-race descendant of both an African slave and an English slave owner.
斯图亚特女士是混血儿，是一名非洲奴隶和一名英格兰奴隶主的后代。 - Thin-bodied mongrel hog of southeastern United States that is a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds.
美国东南部的瘦体杂种猪，是野猪或半野猪的改良后代。