descendant

US [dɪˈsendənt]
UK [dɪ'sendənt]
  • n.后裔;后代;子孙;(由过去类似物发展来的)派生物
  • adj.同“descendent”
  • Web弟子;子代;后嗣
Plural Form:descendants  
descendant
n.
1.
后裔;后代;子孙a person'sdescendants are their children, their children's children, and all the people who live after them who are related to them
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。
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

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