Word · Frequency #9953
spawns
（水生动物产的）卵；卵块
spawns is the plural of spawn.
核心释义
The mass of eggs laid by fish, frogs, or other aquatic animals.
- 1.
水生生物的大量卵
The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.
- 2.
用于(辅助)繁殖的蘑菇菌丝体
Mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation.
- 3.
任何胚芽或种子,甚至是比喻性的来源
Any germ or seed, even a figurative source.
- 4.
地下茎产生的芽或枝
The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
- 5.
重生点的同义词
Synonym of spawn point.
（游戏中的）出生点；重生点；根源；种子；起源；蘑菇菌种；菌丝体；地下茎长出的芽；根芽；水生生物的大量卵
用法In use
In early spring, the pond is full of frog spawn, which will soon hatch into tadpoles.
用法提示：这里 spawn 是不可数名词，指水生动物产的卵。
The aquarium keeper carefully transferred the fish spawn to a separate tank.
用法提示：spawn 作名词表示鱼卵，句中作 transferred 的宾语。
After mating, the female releases her spawn into the current, and the males fertilize it.
用法提示：句中 spawn 是名词，指雌鱼一次产下的大量卵块。
the spawn of sth
多含贬义，指某事物的产物、根源或衍生结果。
Critics dismissed the film as the spawn of commercial greed.
评论家们斥责这部电影是商业贪婪的产物。
[aquatic animal] spawn
作不可数名词，前面可加水生动物名称，如 frog spawn、fish spawn。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- fish spawn
- 鱼卵
- The pond is full of fish spawn in spring.春天池塘里满是鱼卵。
- frog spawn
- 青蛙卵
- Children love to observe frog spawn in the garden pond.孩子们喜欢观察花园池塘里的青蛙卵。
- salmon spawn
- 鲑鱼卵
- The river was clear enough to see salmon spawn on the gravel bed.河水清澈，可以看到砾石河床上的鲑鱼卵。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
- spawn of the devil
- 恶魔之子The villagers believed the strange creature was the spawn of the devil.
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
Spawn发音类似'spore'（孢子），都指微小的繁殖体。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：biology、fishing、literary 作为名词时，“spawn”在生物学、渔业等专业语境中较为常用，属于中性或正式用语；在比喻用法（如“the spawn of…”）中则偏正式或文学性。日常口语中较少直接使用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all share the '-awn' spelling and are pronounced with /ɔːn/, but 'spawn' is pronounced /spɒ:n/ (a different vowel).
用法优先级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。
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