descendant

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /dɪˈsɛndənt/    美 /dɪˈsɛndənt/|/dɪˈsendənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
    — Meronyms: issue, line, progeny; family; clan
  2. A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source. figuratively
    — This famous medieval manuscript has many descendants.
  3. A later evolutionary type.
    — Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves.
  4. A language that is descended from another.
    — English and Scots are the descendants of Old English.
  5. A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
    — The direct descendant of this form is the Slavic aorist: Sb.-Cr. nȍsī, dȍnosī.
  6. The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to.
形容词 adj.
  1. Descending; going down. not-comparable
    — The elevator resumed its descendant trajectory.
  2. Descending from a biological ancestor. not-comparable
    — Power in the kingdom is transferred in a descendant manner.
  3. Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source. not-comparable

词形变化

descendent alternative descendants plural

词汇关系

近义词
offspring scion and see Thesaurus:child & relative
反义词
ascendant ascendent ascending montant ancestor forebear
衍生词
Afrodescendant descendantless direct descendant indirect descendant nondescendant
相关词
descendancy offspring offshoot progeny

词源

词源 1
From Middle English dessendaunte, borrowed from Middle French, from Latin dēscendēns, present participle of descendere, from dē + scandere (“to climb, ascend”).
词源 2
From Middle English dessendaunte, borrowed from Middle French, from Latin dēscendēns, present participle of descendere, from dē + scandere (“to climb, ascend”).
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