son
/sʌn/noun
1- a boy or man in relation to either or both of his parents儿子。
1.1
- a male offspring of an animal（动物的）雄性后代。
1.2
- a male descendant男性后裔：
the sons of Adam.
亚当的后裔们。
1.3
the Son
(in Christian belief) the second person of the Trinity; Christ（基督教信仰中）三位一体中的圣子; 救世主耶稣。
1.4
- a man considered in relation to his native country or area（某国或地区出生并能作其代表的）男性, 子：
one of Norfolk's most famous sons.
诺福克诞生的最有名的人之一。
1.5
- a man regarded as the product of a particular person, influence, or environment（某个人、某种影响或某种环境）熏陶出的人：
sons of the church.
教会人员。
1.6
- （亦作my son）used by an elder person as a form of address for a boy or young man［年长者对男孩或年轻男子的称呼］孩子：
'You're on private land, son'.
“孩子, 你可是在私人的园地里啊。”
短语
son of a bitch
(pl. sons of bitches)
- used as a general term of contempt or abuse［用于表示轻蔑或辱骂］混蛋, 畜生, 狗崽子, 婊子养的。
son of a gun
(pl. sons of guns)
- informal a jocular or affectionate way of addressing or referring to someone〈非正式〉［表示对人诙谐或亲切的称呼］家伙, 伙计, 好孩子。
- ORIGIN: with reference to the guns carried aboard ships: the epithet is said to have been applied originally to babies born at sea to women allowed to accompany their husbands.
派生词
sonship
noun词源
Old English sunu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zoon and German Sohn, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek huios.