单词 | spawn |
释义 | spawn ![]() n. 1. The eggs of aquatic animals such as bivalve mollusks, fishes, and amphibians. 2. Offspring, especially when occurring in large numbers. 3. A product or an outcome: the spawn of a prodigious imagination. 4. Mycelia of mushrooms or other fungi grown in specially prepared organic matter for planting in beds. v. spawned, spawn·ing, spawns v.intr. 1. To deposit eggs; produce spawn. 2. To produce offspring in large numbers. v.tr. 1. To produce or deposit (spawn). 2. To produce (offspring). 3. To produce or give rise to: tyranny that spawned revolt. 4. To plant with mycelia grown in specially prepared organic matter. [Middle English spawne, from spawnen, to spawn, from Anglo-Norman espaundre, from Latin expandere; see EXPAND.] spawner n. |
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