| 释义 |
Noun: generation `jenu'reyshun- All the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
- coevals, contemporaries - Group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
- The normal time between successive generations
"they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade" - A stage of technological development or innovation
"the third generation of computers" - A coming into being
- genesis - The production of heat or electricity
"dams were built for the generation of electricity" - The act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
- multiplication, propagation
Derived forms: generations See also: generate, generational Type of: beginning, biological group, breeding, facts of life, people, period, period of time, phase, procreation, production, reproduction, stage, time period Encyclopedia: Generation |