descendant
/dɪˈsɛndənt/ 名词 C1中文： 后裔、子孙、后嗣、儿孙
- One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations. · Meronyms: issue, line, progeny; family; clan· The patriarch survived many descendants: five children, a dozen grandchildren, even a great grandchild.
- A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source. · This famous medieval manuscript has many descendants.
- A later evolutionary type. · Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves.
- A language that is descended from another. · English and Scots are the descendants of Old English.
- A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
- The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to.
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We are going to keep them all sacredly and have them to read to our descendants.
It is likely that the Musgrave who held the secret died in the interval, and by some oversight left this guide to his descendant without explaining the meaning of it.
There he sat, with his tweed suit and his American accent, in the corner of a prosaic railway-carriage, and yet as I looked at his dark and expressive face I felt more than ever how true a descendant he was of that long line of high-blooded, fiery, and masterful men.
Years rolled on, and amongst the descendants some were soldiers, others diplomatists; some churchmen, some bankers; some grew rich, and some were ruined.
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