descendant

noun

1. 后裔；后代；子孙
   a person's descendants are their children, their children's children, and all the people who live after them who are related to them
   1. 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。
   2. Many of them are descendants of the original settlers.
      他们中许多人都是早期移民的后裔。
2. （由过去类似物发展来的）派生物
   something that has developed from sth similar in the past

1. N-COUNT 后代;后裔;子孙
   Someone's descendants are 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
2. N-COUNT 派生物;衍生物;后代产物
   Something modern which developed from an older thing can be called a descendant of it.
   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。

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. 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。
3. Every man is the descendant of every king and every slave that ever lived.
   所有人都是过去王的后代，也是奴的后代。
4. He was a descendant of Spanish soldier.
   他是一名西班牙士兵的子孙。
5. If you want to save the planet, use the descendant axis (//) very carefully.
   如果希望保存planet，那么要非常小心地使用后代轴（descendantaxis）（//）。
6. The Configuration class can change how it stores and reads configuration items without worrying about its descendant classes.
   Configuration类可以更改存储和读取配置项的方法而不需要考虑它的子类。
7. Once in the place of an ancestor, he becomes, effectively, her descendant.
   本来他是一位前辈，却基本上成了女儿的后人。
8. Aruba's criminal justice system is based on Dutch law and a descendant of the Napoleonic code.
   阿鲁巴的犯罪法律体系是以荷兰法律为基础建立起来的，带有明显的拿破伦法典的继承痕迹。
9. A descendant of the Arabs who inhabited Palestine.
   居住在巴勒斯坦的阿拉伯人的后代。
10. Lineal ancestors; lineal heirs; a direct descendant of the king; direct heredity.
    直系祖先；直系后嗣；国王的直系后代；直系遗传。
11. A member of a social and cultural elite especially a descendant of an Old New England family.
    社会和文化的中坚分子，尤其是旧新英格兰家族的后裔。
12. I father is it in there, then, say I descendant, interest of Gui to born?
    我父亲就是出生在那里，那么，是不是可以说我就是息妫的后裔呢？
13. It was also a khanate of the Mongol Empire, considered one of its four descendant empires.
    这也是一个汗国的蒙古帝国，认为是其四个后裔帝国。
14. Thin-bodied mongrel hog of southeastern United States that is a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds.
    美国东南部的瘦体杂种猪，是野猪或半野猪的改良后代。
15. A white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans.
    一个海角省的白种人土著，他是荷兰移民者的后裔并且说南非公用荷兰语。
16. In1600, Anne Marbury the descendant of Sir John Spencer moved to Massachusetts, America from Lincolnshire.
    1600年，约翰·斯潘塞爵士的后裔安妮·马伯里从林肯郡迁移到美国的马萨诸塞州。
17. Steve says he's a direct descendant of William shakespeare.
    蒂夫说他是威廉莎士比亚的直系后裔。
18. He is a descendant of the early settlers.
    他是早期定居者的后裔。
19. He is a worthy descendant of the working class.
    他是工人阶级的好后代。
20. It has sometimes been argued that she, too, must have been a descendant of King david.
    有时候会争论她一定也是一位大卫王的子孙。
21. He say he is a descendant of July caesar.
    他说他是朱利叶斯凯撒的后代。
22. Do no harm to the benefit and need to develop of our descendant.
    不危害后代人发展的需要与利益。
23. He was a descendant of patriots.
    他的一家都是从戎的爱国者。
24. Gillian beats the band-she's now claiming that she's a direct descendant of the queen of sheba!
    吉莉安简直不可一世啦她现在总是口口声声自称是示巴士女王的嫡亲后裔。
25. The Jeep Rescue is a descendant of the Wrangler with greatly added off road capabilities and passenger space.
    吉普救援是牧马人家族中衍生出来的，具有超强的越野能力和更大的车内空间。
26. MS Stuart is the mixed-race descendant of both an African slave and an English slave owner.
    斯图亚特女士是混血儿，是一名非洲奴隶和一名英格兰奴隶主的后代。
27. The King will be a descendant of both Abraham and David ( see Matthew 1:1).
    王是亚伯拉罕和大卫的后裔（见马太福音1：1）。

  offspring descendant progeny young【导航词义：子孙，后代】

  offspring n. 子孙，后代

〔辨析〕指人或动植物的后代，常为幽默用法。

  descendant n. 后代，后裔

〔辨析〕指有血缘关系的后代，只用于人。

  progeny n. 后代，后裔；儿女

〔辨析〕指动植物的后代；指某人的儿女时为幽默用法。

  young n. 年轻人；幼崽

〔辨析〕指年轻人或动物幼崽的群体，前面通常用定冠词 the 或物主代词。

noun

1. a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race

   Synonym:    descendent

adj

1. proceeding by descent from an ancestor
   1. descendent gene

   Synonym:    descendent

2. going or coming down

   Synonym:    descendent