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

• 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；
• Sometimes social conditions spawn great numbers of communal groups.
  有时，社会状况酿成了一批共同群体。
• The APIs are simple to use, and you can spawn multiple threads without worry about locking.
  这些API很容易使用，并且您可以派生多个线程而又不必担心系统会被锁死。
• Migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn.
  从海洋迁徙到淡水来产卵。
• Despite living in different waters, all eels spawn in the sea.
  尽管生活在不同的水域，所有的鳗鱼都在海里产卵。
• 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。
• The prevalence of anonymity in online debates has helped to spawn a culture of aggression.
  在网络辩论中普遍使用匿名助长了一种攻击文化。
• Eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn.
  在淡水中生活但回到海水中产卵的鳗鲡。
• 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。
• In the main program, spawn the required number of threads.
  在主程序中，派生所需个数的线程。