| 单词 | descendant |
| 释义 | descendantdescendantsdescendantdescendant /dɪˈsendənt/ noun [countable] someone who is related to a person who lived a long time ago ➔ ancestor: a descendant of slavesslave奴隶的后代THESAURUS: descendantrelative a member of your family, especially one who does not live with you: We only invited close relatives to the wedding.inviterelativerelation a relative. You also use relation when talking about the family connection between you and another person: Some of my relations live in Canada.relation‘What relation is she to you?’ ‘She’s my cousin.’bedescendant someone who is related to a person who lived and died a long time ago: He’s a direct descendant of Shakespeare.ancestor a member of your family who lived a long time ago, especially hundreds of years ago: Several of my family’s ancestors are buried in this churchyard.ancestorbeburynext of kin the person who is most closely related to you, and who needs to be told if something serious happens to you: The form asks you to give your next of kin.ask |
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