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

• 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。
• Any flower placed indoors, however, obviously cannot spawn new flowers.
  任何花在屋里安置，不过，显而易见不能大量生产新花。
• Migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn.
  从海洋迁徙到淡水来产卵。
• But this year, fewer fish are coming into the Volga delta from the Caspian Sea to spawn.
  但今年，从里海来伏尔加河产卵的鱼群数量减少了。
• 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。
• You young devil's spawn!
  你这小鬼！
• The salmon swims upstream to spawn.
  这条鲑鱼游到上游去产卵。
• Therefore, we use the organization separation and the spore separate two methods to carry on the mold spawn to the wild shiitake the separation and the purification.
  因此，我们采用组织分离和孢子分离两种方法对野生香菇进行菌种的分离和纯化。
• Next it injects mushroom spawn, which eats the sugars and carbohydrates in the cotton.
  接着，注射能吸收棉中糖分和碳水化合物的蘑菇菌柱；
• 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。