| 单词 | descendant |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [di'send(ə)nt] |
| 解释 | n.后代，后裔 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 后代，后裔 (offspring of a certain ancestor, family, group, etc.) 【考】 反义词：forbears(前 辈) |
| 字源 | 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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 后代 = offspring; 派生物 【源】descend(v 遗传下来) 【反】forbears(n 祖先; 前辈) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】ascend 上昇 descend 下降，指遗传下去的 |
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