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spawn

英 [spɔːn]

美 [spɔːn]

v.  产卵; 引发; 引起; 导致; 造成
n.  (鱼、蛙等的)卵

过去分词:spawned 过去式:spawned 现在分词:spawning 第三人称单数:spawns 复数:spawns 

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Collins.1 / BNC.9953 / COCA.6476

牛津词典

    verb

    • 产卵
      to lay eggs
      1. 引发;引起;导致;造成
        to cause sth to develop or be produced
        1. The band's album spawned a string of hit singles.
          这支乐队的专辑繁衍出一连串走红的单曲唱片。

      noun

      • (鱼、蛙等的)卵
        a soft substance containing the eggs of fish, frogs etc.

        柯林斯词典

        • N-UNCOUNT (鱼、蛙等产下的)卵,子,卵块
          Spawnis a soft, jelly-like substance containing the eggs of fish, or of animals such as frogs.
          1. ...her passion for collecting frog spawn.
            她对采集蛙卵的热爱
        • VERB (鱼、蛙等)产卵
          When fish or animals such as frogsspawn, they lay their eggs.
          1. ...fish species like salmon and trout which go upstream, spawn and then die...
            诸如鲑鱼和鳟鱼这样洄游产卵后死去的鱼类
          2. The toads have settled in and accepted the pond as a good spawning ground.
            蟾蜍已经在这个池塘里住下来了,把这里当成了理想的产卵地。
        • VERB 产生;造成;引起
          If somethingspawnssomething else, it causes it to happen or to be created.
          1. Tyndall's inspired work spawned a whole new branch of science...
            由廷德尔富有创见的著作发展出了一个崭新的科学分支。
          2. He wrote 54 crime novels, which spawned both movies and television shows.
            他写了 54 部侦探小说,很多被改编成了电影和电视剧。

        英英释义

        noun

        • the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs

          verb

          • lay spawn
            1. The salmon swims upstream to spawn
          • call forth
              Synonym:engenderbreed

            双语例句

            • Guided by their sense of smell, they will return in a few years to spawn.
              在其嗅觉的指引下,几年后它们会回到这里产卵。
            • Eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn.
              在淡水中生活但回到海水中产卵的鳗鲡。
            • Next it injects mushroom spawn, which eats the sugars and carbohydrates in the cotton.
              接着,注射能吸收棉中糖分和碳水化合物的蘑菇菌柱;
            • The salmon swims upstream to spawn.
              这条鲑鱼游到上游去产卵。
            • Despite living in different waters, all eels spawn in the sea.
              尽管生活在不同的水域,所有的鳗鱼都在海里产卵。
            • Sometimes social conditions spawn great numbers of communal groups.
              有时,社会状况酿成了一批共同群体。
            • There are certain spawn points and it will move.
              有某些卵点并且它将运动。
            • Any flower placed indoors, however, obviously cannot spawn new flowers.
              任何花在屋里安置,不过,显而易见不能大量生产新花。
            • Adults move offshore to spawn and are sometimes encountered in open water in large schools.
              成人将移动到生成的离岸及开放的水中大学校,有时会遇到。
            • You young devil's spawn!
              你这小鬼!