Spawn
[spɔːn] or [spɔn]
解释:
(noun.) the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs.
(verb.) lay spawn; 'The salmon swims upstream to spawn'.
卡莱尔编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.
(v. t.) To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt.
(v. i.) To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do.
(v. i.) To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously.
(v. t.) The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals.
(v. t.) Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.
(v. t.) The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
(v. t.) The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi.
卡斯特罗校对
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Eggs (of fish or of frogs), hard roe.[2]. (Bot.) Mycelium, filaments (from which fungi originate).
v. a. [In contempt.] Generate, produce, bring forth.
v. n. [In contempt.] Issue.
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解释:
n. the eggs of fish or frogs when ejected: offspring.—adj. containing spawn.—v.t. to produce as fishes and frogs do their eggs: to bring forth.—v.i. to deposit eggs as fishes or frogs: to issue as offspring.—ns. Spawn′er the female fish from which the spawn is ejected; Spawn′ing; Spawn′ing-bed -ground a bed made in the bottom of a stream on which fish deposit their spawn.
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