1 N-UNCOUNT [usually n NOUN] (鱼、蛙等产下的)卵,子,卵块 Spawn is a soft, jelly-like substance containing the eggs of fish, or of animals such as frogs. (鱼、蛙等产下的)卵,子,卵块
SYN offspring, issue, product, seed [mainly biblical]
2 VERB (鱼、蛙等)产卵 When fish or animals such as frogs spawn, they lay their eggs. (鱼、蛙等)产卵
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...fish species like salmon and trout which go upstream, spawn and then die. [VERB]
诸如鲑鱼和鳟鱼这样洄游产卵后死去的鱼类
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The toads have settled in and accepted the pond as a good spawning ground. [VERB-ing]
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。
3 VERB 产生;造成;引起 If something spawns something else, it causes it to happen or to be created. 产生;造成;引起 [literary]
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Tyndall's inspired work spawned a whole new branch of science. [VERB noun]
由廷德尔富有创见的著作发展出了一个崭新的科学分支。
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He wrote 54 crime novels, which spawned both movies and television shows. [VERB noun]
他写了 54 部侦探小说,很多被改编成了电影和电视剧。
SYN generate, produce, give rise to, start
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