descendants

英 [dɪˈsɛndənts]

美 [dɪˈsɛndənts]

n.  后裔; 后代; 子孙; (由过去类似物发展来的)派生物
descendant的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 后代;后裔;子孙
  Someone'sdescendantsare the people in later generations who are related to them.
  1. They are descendants of the original English and Scottish settlers.
     他们是最初的英格兰和苏格兰定居者的后代。
  2. ...Lord Cochrane and his descendants.
     科克伦勋爵及其后裔
• N-COUNT 派生物;衍生物;后代产物
  Something modern which developed from an older thing can be called adescendant ofit.
  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。
  2. They are the descendants of plants imported by the early settlers.
     它们是早期移民带来的一些植物的后代。

英英释义

noun

• all of the offspring of a given progenitor
  1. we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity
  Synonym:posterity

双语例句

• I like to believe they may be Arthur's descendants.
  我真希望它们会是亚瑟的后代。
• Then you Gaima I unfilial descendants.
  这时，你该骂我不孝子孙了。
• Of all the songs on this new album, I am most proud of Descendants of the Dragon.
  在新专辑这么多首歌曲中，最令我感到骄傲的是《龙的传人》。
• Immigrants and their descendants helped pioneer new industries and fuel our Information Age, from Google to the iPhone.
  是移民及其后代帮助开拓了新的产业，推动了我们从谷歌到iPhone的信息时代。
• The descendants of ham became slaves and black.
  含的后代成为了黑人和奴隶。
• From this man's descendants God has brought to Israel the Savior jesus, as he promised.
  从这人的后裔中，神已经照着所应许的，为以色列人立了一位救主，就是耶稣。
• Most of today's Chinese Americans are the descendants of some of the early miners and railroad workers.
  现在的美籍华人大多数都是一些早期矿工和铁路工人的后裔。
• Thus," descendants of the dragon"," the dragon "also gained world recognition.
  因而，“龙的传人”、“龙的国度”也获得了世界的认同。
• They are the descendants of plants imported by the early settlers.
  它们是早期移民带来的一些植物的后代。
• Their descendants still form identifiable communities.
  他们的后裔仍形成可识别的团体。