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
• 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

• 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。
• You young devil's spawn!
  你这小鬼！
• This behavior is different from Solaris, where the su command does not spawn a new shell.
  这种行为与Solaris不同，在Solaris中，su命令不会派生一个新shell。
• Herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to freshwater to spawn.
  类鲱的食用鱼，从海中回淡水产卵。
• 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。
• Under cover of darkness they can destroy an entire spawn.
  在黑夜掩护下，他们能摧毁整个产卵期。
• 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。
• There was lots of discussion about data and about how open platforms will spawn a new genetics application industry.
  美国人类遗传学协会的这次会议探讨了许多有关数据的问题，而另一个热门话题是公开平台怎样催生新的遗传学应用产业。
• Overcrowding is another reason that animals travel. migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn.
  过度拥挤是动物迁徙的另一个原因，从淡水中迁徙到海洋里产卵。
• The European eel's migration to the Sargasso Sea to spawn is one of nature's great unsolved mysteries.
  欧洲鳗鲡迁移到马尾藻海产卵是大自然未解开的最大的谜团之一。