descendant
英[dɪ'send(ə)nt]
美[dɪ'sɛndənt]
- adj. 下降的；祖传的
- n. 后裔；子孙
词态变化
复数: descendants;
中文词源
descendant 后裔
来自descend, 下降。引申义后裔。
英文词源
- descendant
- mid-15c. (adj.), c. 1600 (n.), from French descendant (13c.), present participle of descendre (see descend). Despite a tendency to use descendent for the adjective and descendant for the noun, descendant seems to be prevailing in all uses and appears 5 times more often than its rival in books printed since 1900. Compare dependant.
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She is a direct descendant of Queen Victoria.
- 她是维多利亚女王的嫡系后代。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. 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。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. a lineal descendant of the company's founder
- 公司创始人的直系后裔
来自《权威词典》
- 5. He is a lineal descendant of the company's founder.
- 他是公司创始人的直系后裔。
来自辞典例句