descendant
n. 后裔, 子孙 a. 传下的, 下降的
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教材释义与例句
后裔；子孙
下降的；祖传的
释义与例句
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1.
One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
后裔
子孙
后嗣
儿孙
后代
囝孙
裔孙
Meronyms: issue, line, progeny; family; clan
The patriarch survived many descendants: five children, a dozen grandchildren, even a great grandchild.
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2.
A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
比喻This famous medieval manuscript has many descendants.
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3.
A later evolutionary type.
后裔
生物Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves.
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A language that is descended from another.
语言学English and Scots are the descendants of Old English.
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A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
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The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to.
宗教 哲学
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1.
Descending; going down.
The elevator resumed its descendant trajectory.
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2.
Descending from a biological ancestor.
Power in the kingdom is transferred in a descendant manner.
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3.
Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.
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词源
From Middle English dessendaunte, borrowed from Middle French, from Latin dēscendēns, present participle of descendere, from dē + scandere (“to climb, ascend”).
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