spawn
n[U]
(esp in compounds 尤用以構成復合詞)
1 eggs of fish, shellfish and frogs, toads, etc (魚、 甲殼動物、 蛙、 蟾等的)卵: `frog-spawn 蛙卵.
2 (biology 生) white fibrous matter from which mushroomsand other fungi grow 菌絲. spawn, v [I, Tn]
(a) (of fish, frogs, etc) produce (eggs) (指魚、 蛙等)產(卵)
salmon spawning 產卵的鮭魚
Have the frogs spawned yet? 那些蛙產卵了嗎?
(b) (esp derog 尤作貶義) appear or produce (sth) in great numbers 大批涌現; 大量產生(某事物)
departments which spawn committees and sub-committees 派生出一大串委員會和附屬委員會的部門
new housing estates spawning everywhere 處處涌現出的新住宅區.
?? 擴展釋義
*[sp?:n]n. (魚)卵, 產物vt. 產卵, 釀成, 大量生產vi. 產卵, 大量生產
?? 同詞根單詞
spiraln. 螺旋(線);旋渦;螺旋形物;(足球運動的)旋球;
v. 使成螺旋形;螺旋式的上升(或下降盤旋上升(或下降);
adj. 螺旋形的;盤旋的;盤旋上升的;