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单词 spawn
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spawnnoun

uk/spɔːn/us/spɑːn/

spawn noun (EGGS)

[ U ] the eggs of fish, frogs, etc.

See also
frogspawn

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Animal reproduction

  • asexual
  • asexual reproduction
  • bird
  • breed
  • egg
  • embryo
  • embryonic
  • estrogen
  • fertilize
  • incubate
  • infertile
  • inseminate
  • lamb
  • mate
  • ova
  • reproduction
  • seminal
  • spawning ground
  • spermatozoon
  • the birds and the bees idiom

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spawn noun (YOUNG)

[ C ] plural spawn literary a young animal or child:

disapproving He looked at me as if I was a spawn of Satan because I was smoking a cigarette.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Animal young

  • baby
  • bugger
  • calf
  • calves
  • chick
  • colt
  • cub
  • fawn
  • fledgling
  • foal
  • frogspawn
  • fry
  • gosling
  • heifer
  • litter
  • offspring
  • owlet
  • peachick
  • piglet
  • pup

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Children & babies

spawnverb

uk/spɔːn/us/spɑːn/

spawn verb (START)

[ T ] to cause something new, or many new things, to grow or start suddenly:

The new economic freedom has spawned hundreds of new small businesses.
Her death spawned countless films and books.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Causing things to happen

  • -ization
  • -ize
  • actuation
  • agent
  • awaken (sth) in sb
  • be associated with sth
  • beget
  • draw
  • fuel
  • instigate
  • instigator
  • introduce
  • lie
  • plant
  • produce
  • rise
  • usher
  • usher sth in
  • wreak
  • wrought

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spawn verb (EGGS)

[ I ] to produce eggs:

The frogs haven't spawned yet.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Animal reproduction

  • asexual
  • asexual reproduction
  • bird
  • breed
  • egg
  • embryo
  • embryonic
  • estrogen
  • fertilize
  • incubate
  • infertile
  • inseminate
  • lamb
  • mate
  • ova
  • reproduction
  • seminal
  • spawning ground
  • spermatozoon
  • the birds and the bees idiom

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