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n.子孙,后裔,后代

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scan,scend,scal=to climb(登;爬)

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descendant


/-ənt; -ənt/
n person descended from another 後代; 後裔
*the descendants of Queen Victoria 维多利亚女王的後裔. Cf 参看 ancestor 1.

descendant


n[C]
someone who is related to a person who lived a long time ago, or to a family, group of people etc that existed in the past
ancestor
sb's descendants/the descendants of sb
 The coastal areas were occupied by the descendants of Greek colonists.
 He was a direct descendant of Napoleon Bonaparte.
something that has developed from something else
descendant of
 Quechua is a descendant of the Inca language.