spawn
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- (鱼)卵，产物
- vt.
- 产卵，酿成，大量生产
- vi.
- 产卵，大量生产
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词源说明
Recorded since 1413; from Middle English spawnen, from Anglo-Norman espaundre, from Old French espandre, from Latin expandere (“stretch out; spread out”, verb). Doublet of expand. Compare also Middle English spalden, spolden, spawden (“to cut open (a fish)”).
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
- (transitive) To generate, bring into being, especially nonmammalian beings in very large numbers.
- (transitive) To bring forth in general.
- (transitive) To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn.
- (transitive) To plant with fungal spawn.
- (intransitive) To deposit (numerous) eggs in water.
- (intransitive) To reproduce, especially in large numbers.
- (ergative,