descendant

/dɪˈsendənt/📚 6224 42 1六级考研托福

Someone's descendants are the people in later generations who are related to them. ^后代

noun [集合/集体]后裔，子孙；派生物，衍生物

Something modern which developed from an older thing can be called a descendant of it. ^{衍生物 They are descendants of the original English and Scottish settlers. 他们是最初的英格兰和苏格兰移民的后裔。}

adjective [原级]下降的；祖传的

These adaptations served their descendant well as they invaded land. ^{这些适应机制在它们的后代进化成陆生生物时起了很好的协助作用。}

descendant 出现在下面的课文中: Lesson 16 The modern city descendant 名词: 子孙，后代

adj. 下降的；祖传的

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相关词汇

易混淆descendent/dɪˈsendənt/adj.派生的

关联词descender/dɪˈsendə(r)/n.下降者,下降物 [计] 下行字母

近义词offspring/ˈɒfsprɪŋ/n. 后代，子孙；产物

源自descend/dɪˈsend/vi. 下降；下来；遗传；屈尊；下去

关联词descent/dɪˈsent/n. 下降；血统；袭击

关联词ancestor/ˈænsestə(r)/n. 始祖，祖先；被继承人

词组	含义	例句
be a descendant of	...的后裔	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。}