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progeny

英 [ˈprɒdʒəni]

美 [ˈprɑːdʒəni]

n.  子孙; 幼崽; 幼兽; 幼苗

复数:progenies 

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BNC.19406 / COCA.16855

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。
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。
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。
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。

牛津词典

    noun

    • 子孙;幼崽;幼兽;幼苗
      a person's children; the young of animals and plants
      1. He was surrounded by his numerous progeny.
        众多的子孙簇拥着他。

    柯林斯词典

    • N-PLURAL (人的)后裔,子女;(动物的)幼崽
      You can refer to a person's children or to an animal's young as theirprogeny.
      1. Davis was never loquacious on the subject of his progeny.
        戴维斯说到他的子女时总是寡言少语。
    • N-PLURAL (某物的)新一代,下一代
      Theprogenyof a particular thing are the things that develop from it.
      1. Among its many progeny, the 1944 Education Act gave birth to the modern youth service.
        在1944年通过的《教育法案》的诸多衍生条款中,就包括了现代青年教育服务。

    英英释义

    noun

    • the immediate descendants of a person
      1. she was the mother of many offspring
      2. he died without issue
      Synonym:offspringissue

    双语例句

    • Based on experiments with mice, Weismann proposed that hereditary information in gametes transmitted traits to progeny.
      基于小鼠实验,维丝曼提出遗传信息储存在配子中并将遗传信息传递给后代。
    • The Genetic Analysis on Resistance to Rice Blast of Rice Progeny Introduced with Wild Rice Genes
      野生稻DNA导入后代对稻瘟病的抗性遗传分析
    • Objective To investigate the transferable properties of phenotypic and behavioral defects from mercury exposed nematodes Caenorhabditis elegans to their progeny.
      目的研究汞暴露秀丽线虫表型和行为缺陷在后代中的可传递特性。
    • After vascular cambium cells divide, the progeny cells on the interior side become xylem parental cell.
      维管形成层细胞分裂后,在内侧分裂出来的细胞成为木质部的母细胞。
    • A bulk progeny test is a simple way to learn the effectiveness of mass selection.
      集团后代测验是了解混合选择有效性的一个简单方法。
    • Infection of susceptible cells with a virus in many cases results in the multiplication of progeny virus.
      多数情况下,易感细胞感染病毒后,可导致子代病毒的增殖。
    • We must not lose the master's progeny!
      我们不能失去主人的后代!
    • Anyway there is no record that he ever married or had any progeny.
      无论如何,没有任何记录显示他曾经结过婚或有任何后裔之人。
    • Some vow to do things differently with their own progeny.
      一些人发誓将以不同的方式对待自己的后代。
    • Among its many progeny, the 1944 Education Act gave birth to the modern youth service.
      在1944年通过的《教育法案》的诸多衍生条款中,就包括了现代青年教育服务。