| 释义 |
progenyprog‧e‧ny /ˈprɒdʒɪni $ ˈprɑː-/ noun [uncountable]   progenyOrigin: 1200-1300 Old French progenie, from Latin progenies, from progignere; ➔ PROGENITOR - The salmons' progeny will be large enough to catch by next summer.
- We are dooming our progeny by ruining the environment.
- Foreign currency profits translated into tuition for the progeny of the high command.
- Most of the time, no plants emerged, and in the few that did, the progeny were sterile.
- Successive progeny from the same dam often shown heavy infections.
- The progeny from that chance cross yielded a triticale that was not only short but was much less sensitive to day length.
- The computer will simultaneously display a range of mutant progeny of the biomorph, differing from it in shape and/or colour pattern.
- The courts quashed the plans on the grounds that the progeny would be hybrids, with no rights under the law.
- They die unmated and without progeny.
► Childrenbaby, nounbaby boomer, nounbabyhood, nounbabyish, adjectiveboy, nounchildren's home, nouncustody, nounfamily, nounfirst generation, nounfoundling, noungame, nounguttersnipe, nounhyperactive, adjectivelegitimate, adjectivelegitimize, verbminor, nounminority, nounmite, nounmotherless, adjectivenurture, nounorphan, nounorphanage, nounpapoose, nounpreteen, adjectiveprogeny, nounpuppy fat, nounragamuffin, nounscamp, nounschool friend, nounsextuplet, nounspoiled, adjectivetinker, nountoddle, verbtoddler, nountoilet-training, nountot, nounupbringing, nounurchin, nounward, noun 1formal the babies of animals or plants SYN offspring2someone’s children – used humorously SYN offspring:  Sarah with her numerous progeny3something that develops from something elseprogeny of Connolly’s book is the progeny of an earlier TV series. |