first generation

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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ˌfirst geneˈration noun [singular]  1. SSCSApeople who have moved to live in a new country, or the children of these people 第一代移民；第一代移民的子女2  TTDthe first type of a machine to be developed 第一代机器first generation of the first generation of hand-held computers 第一代掌上电脑3  FIRSTthe first people to do something 第一批人first generation of the first generation of radical feminists in the US 美国第一批激进的女权主义者 —first-generation adjective first-generation Americans 第一代美国人

Examples from the Corpus

first generation• But the life of a first generation feminist can be plagued by disconcerting lapses.• This was also the first generation to take full advantage of the decentralized workplaces made possible by information technology.• Conversely, many younger people will be the first generation in their family who can expect to inherit substantial amounts.• The big winner in a system of intergenerational transfers is the first generation.• The fact that service companies make up most of the first generation of 1990s downsizers-turned-upsizers supports this analysis.• In this programme, the first generation has three items, of magnitudes 1,2 and 3, turning through 180°.• The first generation of peas were all tall.first generation of• Levebre and her friends were among the first generation of radical feminists.• The first generation of digital TV sets cost over $2000 each.

ˌfirst geneˈration nounChineseSyllable  

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first generation
ˌfirst geneˈration noun [singular]
1. people who have moved to live in a new country, or the children of these people
2. the first type of a machine to be developed
    first generation of
    the first generation of hand-held computers
3. the first people to do something
    first generation of
    the first generation of radical feminists in the US
—first-generation adjective:
    first-generation Americans

first generationBrE /ˌfɜːst dʒenəˈreɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌfɜːrst dʒenəˈreɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [singular] people who have left their country to go and live in a new country; the children of these people （移民的）第一代；第一代移民的子女the first type of a machine or piece of software to be developed （研制的机器或软件的）第一代◆the first generation of personal computers第一代个人电脑▸ first-generation BrE /ˌfɜːst dʒenəˈreɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌfɜːrst dʒenəˈreɪʃn/ 🔊 adjective [usually before noun] ◆first-generation Caribbeans in the UK在英国的第一代加勒比海移民