descendant

• adj. 下降的；祖傳的
• n. 後裔；子孫

來自descend, 下降。引申義後裔。

descendant

mid-15c. (adj.), c. 1600 (n.), from French descendant (13c.), present participle of descendre (see descend). Despite a tendency to use descendent for the adjective and descendant for the noun, descendant seems to be prevailing in all uses and appears 5 times more often than its rival in books printed since 1900. Compare dependant.

1. His design was a descendant of a 1956 device.

他的設計是從一個1956年的裝置衍生而來的。

來自柯林斯例句

2. She is a direct descendant of Queen Victoria.

她是維多利亞女王的嫡係後代。

來自柯林斯例句

3. He was an O'Conor and a direct descendant of the last High King of Ireland.

他屬於奧康納家族，是愛爾蘭最後一位君王的嫡係後裔。

來自《權威詞典》

4. a lineal descendant of the company's founder

公司創始人的直係後裔

來自《權威詞典》

5. He is a lineal descendant of the company's founder.

他是公司創始人的直係後裔。

來自辭典例句