descendant
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++de·scen·dant /dɪˈsendənt/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1 SSFCOME FROM/ORIGINATEsomeone who is related to a person who lived a long time ago, or to a family, group of people etc that existed in the past 后代，后裔 → ancestorsomebody’s descendants/the descendants of somebody The coastal areas were occupied by the descendants of Greek colonists. 沿海地区居住着希腊殖民者的后裔。 He was a direct descendant of Napoleon Bonaparte. 他是拿破仑·波拿巴的嫡系后裔。► see thesaurus at relative2 something that has developed from something else 派生物descendant of Quechua is a descendant of the Inca language. 克丘亚语是印加语的一种派生语。
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descendant• Paul claims to be a descendant of King Charles I.• The ancestral language can itself be reconstructed from the hints held in its much diverged descendants.• His descendants were to live here for the next 120 years.• This is because where selfishness brings higher rewards than altruism, selfish individuals leave more descendants, so altruists inevitably become extinct.• Other descendants of the marine invertebrates have also left the water.• Frederick and Bertha moved to Iowa in 1852, and their descendants still live in the area.• The city has never officially acknowledged the losses of the displaced residents and their descendants.• Then perhaps a hundred thousand people can change the trend, if they and their descendants labor for five hundred years.• But neither fish can be regarded as the one whose descendants eventually colonised the land permanently.• Your article made it to a Woodson descendants list on the Internet of which I am a recipient.somebody’s descendants/the descendants of somebody• And, of course, we harness the cranial material of the descendants of the colonists.• But why should the descendants of Eusthenopteron have troubled to clamber about laboriously on the land?• His manuscript was preserved by the descendants of his daughter, Anne.• In 1983 the descendants of these owners of geese were to burn the local conservationists in effigy.• It provides buoyancy and this, for the bulk of the descendants of these air-breathing pioneers, became a more important faculty.• The descendants of a very few, transformed by natural selection, make up the world today.• The descendants of this group are the sharks and rays.• These were the descendants of Bunbury.descendant of• The owner of Ring's Super Burgers set out to create a direct descendant of a 1950s diner.de·scen·dant nounChineseSyllable
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descendant
de‧scen‧dant /dɪˈsendənt/
noun [countable]
1. someone who is related to a person who lived a long time ago, or to a family, group of people etc that existed in the past ⇨ ancestor
sb’s descendants/the descendants of somebody
The coastal areas were occupied by the descendants of Greek colonists.
He was a direct descendant of Napoleon Bonaparte.
2. something that has developed from something else
descendant of
Quechua is a descendant of the Inca language.
▪ relative a member of your family, especially one who does not live with you: Most of her relatives were able to come to the wedding. | We have some distant relatives in Australia.
▪relation a member of your family. Relation means the same as relative. It is often used when talking about whether someone is in the same family as another person: Big cities can be lonely places if you have no friends or relations there. | ‘What relation is she to you?’ ‘She’s my half sister.’ | He’s no relation to the singer.
▪descendant someone who is a family member of a person who lived and died a long time ago, for example the great-grandchild of that person: The people are the descendants of slaves who were brought over from Africa.
▪ancestor a member of your family who lived a long time ago, especially hundreds of years ago: My ancestors originally came from Ireland.
▪forefathers especially written people in your family who lived a long time ago - often used in historical descriptions: His forefathers came to America over a century ago.
▪extended family a family group that consists not only of parents and children, but also includes grandparents, aunts etc: Extended families rarely live together in Britain, but they are still important.
▪folks especially American English informal your family, especially your parents: Are you going to see your folks at Christmas?
▪next of kin the person or people who are most closely related to you, for example your husband or mother, and who need to be told if something serious happens to you: The next of kin must be notified of his death before his name is released to the press.
de‧scen‧dant /dɪˈsendənt/
noun [countable]1. someone who is related to a person who lived a long time ago, or to a family, group of people etc that existed in the past ⇨ ancestor
sb’s descendants/the descendants of somebody
2. something that has developed from something else
descendant of
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