progeny
UK/'prɒdʒәni/US
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释义
n.
The offspring or descendants of a person, animal or plant, taken as a group
子孙,后代(总称)
n.
(figurative) something produced by or descended from an earlier thing
(比喻)衍生物,产物,思想的传承
词根拆分
词根派生pro-(向前)+ gen(产生、生育)= 被「生出来」的东西——后代。它是集合名词:her progeny 指她的全部后代,而非某一个孩子。比喻里,思想和发明也可以是某个思想家的 progeny。
词根 gen 还连着 140 个词常用搭配
- 1.numerous progeny众多后代
- 2.intellectual progeny思想传人
- 3.progeny of……的产物
例句
- 1.
The prize bull sired hundreds of progeny over its lifetime.
这头获奖公牛一生繁育了数百头后代。
- 2.
The smartphone is the progeny of decades of computing research.
智能手机是数十年计算研究的产物。
- 3.
He hoped his progeny would inherit the family farm.
他希望子孙后代能继承这座家族农场。