progeny
英 ['pr?d??n?]
美['prɑd??ni]
- n. 子孫；后裔；成果
GRE暢通詞匯
助記提示
progenitor祖先。
progeny后代。
progeny后代。
中文詞源
progeny 子孫
來自pro-,向前，朝向，-gen,生育，詞源同gene,generate.-y,小詞后綴。引申詞義子孫。
英文詞源
- progeny (n.)
- early 14c., from Old French progenie (13c.) and directly from Latin progenies "descendants, offspring, lineage, race, family," from stem of progignere "beget," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + gignere "to produce, beget" (see genus).
雙語例句
- 1. He was surrounded by his numerous progeny.
- 眾多的子孫簇擁著他。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. Among its many progeny, the 1944 Education Act gave birth to the modern youth service.
- 在1944年通過的《教育法案》的諸多衍生條款中，就包括了現(xiàn)代青年教育服務。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Davis was never loquacious on the subject of his progeny.
- 戴維斯說到他的子女時總是寡言少語。
來自辭典例句
- 4. A major barrier to interspecific hybridization is sterility in the F 1 progeny.
- 種間雜交的主要障礙是F1代的不育性.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The progeny resembled one of the other of the parents.
- 后代象親本的一方或另一方.
來自辭典例句