scion

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n. 接穗, 子孙 [医] 嫩枝, 接穗

发音

UK /ˈsaɪən/
US /ˈsaɪ.ən/
US /ˈsaɪ.ɑn/

词形变化

scions 复数 scions

别名

cien cion cyen cyence cyon sciance scien science scient scioun scyen scyence scyon seyon sien sience siens sient sion syen syon cions

教材释义与例句

名词

接穗；子孙

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.

    子孙

  2. 2.

    The heir to a throne.

    继承人

  3. 3.

    A guardian.

  4. 4.

    A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.

    幼芽

    嫩芽

    生物 植物学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

descendant descendent

词源

From Middle English sion, sioun, syon, scion, cion, from Old French cion, ciun, cyon, sion, from Frankish *kīþō, *kīþ, from Proto-Germanic *kīþô, *kīþą, *kīþaz (“sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *geye- (“to split open, sprout”), same source as Old English ċīþ (“a young shoot; sprout; germ; sprig”), Old Saxon kīth (“sprout; germ”), Old High German kīdi (“offshoot; sprout; germ”). See also French scion and Picard chion. Doublet of chit.

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