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单词 spawns
释义

spawn

1 of 2

verb

ˈspȯn How to pronounce spawn (audio)
ˈspän
spawned; spawning; spawns

intransitive verb

1
: to deposit or fertilize spawn
2
: to produce young especially in large numbers

transitive verb

1
a
: to produce or deposit (eggs)
used of an aquatic animal
b
: to induce (fish) to spawn
c
: to plant with mushroom spawn
2
: bring forth, generate
the idea spawned controversy
spawner noun

spawn

2 of 2

noun

1
: the eggs of aquatic animals (such as fishes or oysters) that lay many small eggs
2
: product, offspring
also : offspring in great numbers
3
: the seed, germ, or source of something
4
: mycelium especially prepared (as in bricks) for propagating mushrooms

Synonyms

Verb

  • beget
  • breed
  • bring
  • bring about
  • bring on
  • catalyze
  • cause
  • create
  • do
  • draw on
  • effect
  • effectuate
  • engender
  • generate
  • induce
  • invoke
  • make
  • occasion
  • produce
  • prompt
  • result (in)
  • translate (into)
  • work
  • yield

Noun

  • fruit
  • get
  • issue
  • offspring
  • posterity
  • progeny
  • seed
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Example Sentences

Verb The health-food craze spawned a multimillion-dollar industry. the incident that spawned a generation of student protests a TV show that spawned a host of imitations Noun Pacific salmon return to Alaskan streams to deposit their spawn. sometimes I think those little brats are the spawn of Satan himself
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Will this spawn another 1,000 takes on how everyone is just waiting for Notre Dame to settle down with a conference, once and for all (as the forever-single Fighting Irish count their cash once more)? Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 20 Aug. 2022 In it, players spawn in Sarsaparilla Springs, a western ghost town that has been transformed into a battlefield. Charlie Fink, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 Thus, an animal with COVID could spawn a new variant or subvariant and transmit it back to humans. Erin Prater, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2022 No, the Jordan Montgomery Revenge Game may not spawn a limited Netflix series, but a strong showing against the club that traded him despite gobbling up largely quality innings will certainly incite some blathering back in New York. Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2022 About half the Wood River drainage sockeye forgo creeks to spawn in the gravel beaches of nearby lakes. Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2022 The Miramax co-founder was sentenced to 23 years in a New York state prison a month after his February 2020 conviction, bringing an end to a years-long saga that helped spawn the #MeToo movement. Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2022 The close relationship between the company and streamers is what helped spawn Twitch’s most lasting innovation—the first mainstream creator economy. Cecilia D'anastasio, Bloomberg.com, 3 Mar. 2022 The return of the tidal flow should lead to a resurgence of the river’s herring run, which once amounted to some 200,000 of the smooth, silvery fish making their annual journey to spawn in inland ponds, the project’s proponents said. David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2022
Noun
The emergency move is meant to help the salmon spawn in the face of rising water temperatures and lower water levels due to climate change. Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022 Much to her tween angst, the adults keep her hidden away from people who’d want to capture her for scientific purposes, but she gets kidnapped anyway alongside Beta, the spawn of Owen’s Velociraptor pal Blue. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 8 June 2022 Also, the younger Barlow spawn is clearly up to something. Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2021 Chinook salmon spawn in the face of rising water temperatures and lower water levels due to climate change, state and federal wildlife officials in Northern California have begun trucking adult fish to cooler waters. Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022 Depending on the air and water temperatures, the 2014 Bassmaster Open champion at Smith Lake thinks the next few weeks could be more pre-spawn than a spawning situation. Frank Sargeant, al, 28 Mar. 2021 The local season for California halibut, typically from April to October when the fish spend time in the bay to spawn, is unusual this year for a few reasons. Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 June 2022 Nonetheless, the trial should tell us plenty about the conspiracy to create the Russia-collusion narrative and its ugly spawn, Crossfire Hurricane. Thomas J. Baker, WSJ, 15 May 2022 Steel poles will be erected near streams where brook trout spawn, and in locations that could disrupt scenic vistas. New York Times, 6 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English, from Anglo-French espandre to spread out, shed, scatter, spawn, from Latin expandere to expand

First Known Use

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

spawn 1 of 2

verb

ˈspȯn How to pronounce spawn (audio)
spawned; spawning
: to produce or deposit a large number of eggs
Salmon swim up rivers to spawn.

spawn

2 of 2

noun

: the many small eggs of an animal (as a fish or frog) that are deposited in water

spawns

verb

present tense third-person singular of spawn
as in creates
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) these artists spawned a whole new movement in painting

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • creates
  • causes
  • generates
  • brings
  • prompts
  • produces
  • invokes
  • does
  • works
  • induces
  • yields
  • begets
  • engenders
  • effects
  • makes
  • catalyzes
  • breeds
  • brings about
  • brings on
  • draws on
  • brings forth
  • occasions
  • effectuates
  • encourages
  • promotes
  • translates (into)
  • introduces
  • launches
  • initiates
  • inaugurates
  • founds
  • gives rise to
  • fosters
  • starts
  • begins
  • establishes
  • determines
  • develops
  • results (in)
  • renders
  • cultivates
  • nurtures
  • contributes (to)
  • enacts
  • conduces (to)
  • decides
  • fathers
  • nourishes
  • pioneers
  • furthers
  • innovates
  • institutes
  • sets up
  • sets
  • turns out
  • forwards
  • advances

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • restricts
  • limits
  • impedes
  • suppresses
  • squashes
  • stifles
  • inhibits
  • subdues
  • kills
  • smothers
  • controls
  • represses
  • dampens
  • crushes
  • retards
  • arrests
  • quells
  • reins (in)
  • checks
  • restrains
  • curbs
  • destroys
  • squelches
  • quashes
  • clamps down (on)
  • abolishes
  • extinguishes
  • cracks down (on)
  • puts down
  • demolishes
  • snuffs (out)
  • liquidates
  • cans
  • quenches
  • stills
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