Spawn

[spɔːn] or [spɔn]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs.

(verb.) lay spawn; 'The salmon swims upstream to spawn'.

卡莱尔編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(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.

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同義詞及近義詞：

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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解釋/意思:

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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