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descendant

英 [dɪ'send(ə)nt] 美[dɪ'sɛndənt]
  • adj. 下降的;祖传的
  • n. 后裔;子孙

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词态变化


复数: descendants;

中文词源


descendant 后裔

来自descend, 下降。引申义后裔。

英文词源


descendant
mid-15c. (adj.), c. 1600 (n.), from French descendant (13c.), present participle of descendre (see descend). Despite a tendency to use descendent for the adjective and descendant for the noun, descendant seems to be prevailing in all uses and appears 5 times more often than its rival in books printed since 1900. Compare dependant.

双语例句


1. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. She is a direct descendant of Queen Victoria.
她是维多利亚女王的嫡系后代。

来自柯林斯例句

3. 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。

来自《权威词典》

4. a lineal descendant of the company's founder
公司创始人的直系后裔

来自《权威词典》

5. He is a lineal descendant of the company's founder.
他是公司创始人的直系后裔。

来自辞典例句