spawn
n[U]
(esp in compounds 尤用以构成复合词)
1 eggs of fish, shellfish and frogs, toads, etc (鱼、 甲壳动物、 蛙、 蟾等的)卵: `frog-spawn 蛙卵.
2 (biology 生) white fibrous matter from which mushroomsand other fungi grow 菌丝. spawn, v [I, Tn]
(a) (of fish, frogs, etc) produce (eggs) (指鱼、 蛙等)产(卵)
salmon spawning 产卵的鲑鱼
Have the frogs spawned yet? 那些蛙产卵了吗?
(b) (esp derog 尤作贬义) appear or produce (sth) in great numbers 大批涌现; 大量产生(某事物)
departments which spawn committees and sub-committees 派生出一大串委员会和附属委员会的部门
new housing estates spawning everywhere 处处涌现出的新住宅区.
🔁 扩展释义
*[spɒ:n]n. (鱼)卵, 产物vt. 产卵, 酿成, 大量生产vi. 产卵, 大量生产
🌿 同词根单词
spiraln. 螺旋(线);旋涡;螺旋形物;(足球运动的)旋球;
v. 使成螺旋形;螺旋式的上升(或下降盘旋上升(或下降);
adj. 螺旋形的;盘旋的;盘旋上升的;
This shows how long it was before we deemed it necessary to make sure that all our children could share in the knowledge accumulated by the'happy few' during the past centuries.