Word · Frequency #9953
spawns
产卵，（在水中）产卵
spawns is the third person singular of spawn.
To lay or deposit eggs in water (used of fish, frogs, etc.)
- 1.
To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
在水中产卵。
- 2.
To generate, bring into being, especially nonmammalian beings in very large numbers.
大量产生,尤指非哺乳动物。
- 3.
To bring forth in general.
一般地产生、生出。
- 4.
To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn.
促使(水生生物)产卵。
- 5.
To plant with fungal spawn.
用菌种种植。
- 6.
To deposit (numerous) eggs in water.
在水中产(大量)卵。
- 7.
To reproduce, especially in large numbers.
繁殖,尤指大量繁殖。
产生，催生；大量繁殖，大量产生；催产，促使（水生生物）产卵；接种菌种，用菌种种植；在水中产卵。
In use
Every spring, the salmon swim upstream to spawn in the river where they were born.
The frogs spawn in the pond behind our house after the first warm rain.
By late summer, the fish had already spawned, so we decided not to fish in that lake.
Verb forms
base spawn · third person spawns · -ing spawning · past spawned · past participle spawned
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- spawn eggs
- 产卵
- Salmon spawn eggs in freshwater streams.鲑鱼在淡水溪流中产卵。
- spawn in water
- 在水中产卵
- Frogs spawn in water during spring.青蛙在春天于水中产卵。
- spawn violence
- 引发暴力
- The protest could spawn violence.这次抗议可能引发暴力。
- spawn a sequel
- 催生续集
- The movie's success spawned a sequel.这部电影的成功催生了一部续集。
- spawn debate
- 引发争论
- The new policy spawned debate.新政策引发了争论。
- spawn rapidly
- 迅速繁殖
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象鱼在水中产卵（spawn）如喷泉涌出，由此记住spawn也指大量产生。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：biology/nature writing、formal essays and news reports、figurative writing spawn 的语域随用法而变化：表示“（鱼、蛙等）产卵”时，通常用于生物学或自然类文本；表示“大量产生、引发”时，多用于正式书面语或新闻报道。日常口语中较少用，可考虑改用 lay eggs 或 produce/cause。
Grammar Note
及物或不及物动词；用于产卵或大量生产；常见于游戏语境中表示“生成”
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 spawn 共享拼写片段 'awn'，但它们不是标准发音下的同韵词。按本文件给 spawn 标注的 /spɒ:n/，其元音为 /ɒː/；而 dawn、lawn 等词的元音为 /ɔː/，两者不同。请注意拼写相似不等于发音相同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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