Descendant



GRE 蓝宝 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 后代, 后裔
• ［英］ n. 后代, 后裔 ( offspring of a certain ancestor, family, group, etc.)
• ［类］ 反义词: forbears ( 前辈)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective also descendent

• Etymology: Middle English dessendaunte, from Anglo-French descendant, from Latin descendent-, descendens, present participle of descendere
• Date: circa 1555
• 1. moving or directed downward
• 2. proceeding from an ancestor or source

II. noun also descendent

• Etymology: French & Latin; French descendant, from Late Latin descendent-, descendens, from Latin
• Date: 1600
• 1. one descended from another or from a common stock
• 2. one deriving directly from a precursor or prototype

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