descendant 详细解释

descendant

[di'sendənt]

n.后裔, 子孙, 后代

n.[C]

1. 子孙, 后裔[(+of)]

He is a descendant of Confucius.

他是孔子后裔。

2. 从某一来源派生(或传下)的东西

a.

1. 下降的; 降落的

2. 祖传的, 世袭的

词形变化

名词复数：descendants

词义辨析

同义:

n.后裔

child  offspring  progeny  posterity  issue  

同义参见:

successor  heir  limb  

反义:

n.后裔

ascendant  ancestor  forefather  

英英释义

名词 descendant:

a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race

同义词：descendent

形容词 descendant:

going or coming down

同义词：descendent

补充

descendantdescendant英:[diˈsendənt] 美:[dɪˈsɛndənt]n.1.后代, 后裔They are the descendants of Queen Victoria.他们是维多利亚女王的后裔。

例句

1. the descendants of the original Scottish settlers最初的苏格兰移民的后代 2. He is a direct descendant of Queen Victoria.他是维多利亚女王的嫡系后裔。 3. His design was a descendant of a 1956 device.他的设计是从1956年的一个装置发展而来的。 4. Shakespeare's last direct descendant.莎士比亚最后的直系后裔。 5. Her family are descendants of one of the first Englishmen to arrive in America.她的家族是首批来到美洲的英国人之一的后裔。 6. One of the famous inventor's descendants is also an inventor.这位著名发明家的后代中有一个人也是发明家。 7. Many people in this area are descendants of German immigrants.这个地区许多人都是德国移民的后裔。 8. Recent evidence supports the theory that birds are the modern descendants of dinosaurs.近期的证据为鸟类是恐龙的现代后裔这一理论提供了支持。 9. The Italian language is one of Latin's descendants.意大利语是由拉丁语派生出的语言之一。

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