first-generation

UK/'fə:st,dʒenə'reiʃən/US/'f\\\\:st,dʒenә'reiʃәn/

Definitions

adj.

Of the first generation — either the earliest version of a product, or a person who first immigrated (or the first in a family to do something).

第一代的（最早版本的；或第一代移民/家族中第一个做某事的）

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

firstroot

generationbirth, produce, kind

=first-generation

first + generation = of the first generation. generation = a 'group brought into being' (gen). Spans products (first-generation iPhone), immigrants, and 'first-generation college student.'

Root gen still carries 140 more words

Example Sentences

1.
As a first-generation college student, she had no roadmap to follow.
2.
The first-generation model lacked many features added later.

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