descendant

/dɪˈsendənt/📚 6224 48 1六级考研托福
Someone's descendants are the people in later generations who are related to them. 后代

noun [集合/集体]后裔,子孙;派生物,衍生物

Something modern which developed from an older thing can be called a descendant of it.
衍生物 They are descendants of the original English and Scottish settlers. 他们是最初的英格兰和苏格兰移民的后裔。

adjective [原级]下降的;祖传的

These adaptations served their descendant well as they invaded land.
这些适应机制在它们的后代进化成陆生生物时起了很好的协助作用。

descendant 出现在下面的课文中
Lesson 16 The modern city descendant 名词: 子孙,后代
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