spin-off

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈspɪn.ɒf/    美 /ˈspɪn.ɔf/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An offshoot.
    — We are about to broach the fraught saga of the Circle Line, but there is another Metropolitan spin-off that comes first, one that has always appealed to me by the baleful beauty of its name: the City Widened Lines or 'The Widened Lines' for short.
  2. An incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off.
    — Space research often provides a spin-off for everyday technology.
  3. A by-product.
  4. A fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect.
    — "Frasier" was a spin-off from the sitcom "Cheers".
  5. The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.

词形变化

spin-offs plural spinoff alternative

词汇关系

近义词
derivate descendant
衍生词
spinquel
相关词
spindown spinout spin-up spinup carveout subseries tie-in

词源

Etymology tree
English spin offdeverb.
English spin-off
Deverbal from spin off.
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