学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3618 spawn

 今天我们要学的词是 spawn¹. Spawn is spelled S-P -A-W-N, spawn.

 

spawn 的原意是产卵。 A team at Tokyo University has successfully used stem cells to spawn some 1,700 rainbow trout² from a single fish, a technique that could pave the way for preservation³ of endangered fish and enable their mass production. 东京大学的一个研究小组已经成功地利用干细胞从一条鱼诞生出约1,700条虹鳟鱼，这项技术可以为保护濒临灭绝的鱼类，并让其大量繁殖铺平道路。

 

spawn引申出来有繁殖、催生的意思。The first effective treatment of HIV/AIDS started it US medical trial 25 years ago. It spawned⁴ a generation

of drugs that saved countless⁵ lives and is still helping⁶ to prevent the spread of the virus today. 艾滋病毒的第一种有效疗法25年前在美国开始进行医学试验。它催生的一代治疗药物至今已挽救了无数生命，并仍在帮助预防这种病毒的传播。

 

1 spawn   

n.卵，产物，后代，结果；vt.产卵，种菌丝于，产生，造成；vi.产卵，大量生产

参考例句：

• The fish were madly pushing their way upstream to spawn.鱼群为产卵而疯狂地向上游挤进。
• These fish will lay spawn in about one month from now.这些鱼大约一个月内会产卵。

2 trout   

n.鳟鱼；鲑鱼(属)

参考例句：

• Thousands of young salmon and trout have been killed by the pollution.成千上万的鲑鱼和鳟鱼的鱼苗因污染而死亡。
• We hooked a trout and had it for breakfast.我们钓了一条鳟鱼，早饭时吃了。

3 preservation   

n.保护，维护，保存，保留，保持

参考例句：

• The police are responsible for the preservation of law and order.警察负责维持法律与秩序。
• The picture is in an excellent state of preservation.这幅画保存得极为完好。

4 spawned   

（鱼、蛙等）大量产（卵）( spawn的过去式和过去分词 )； 大量生产

参考例句：

• The band's album spawned a string of hit singles. 这支乐队的专辑繁衍出一连串走红的单曲唱片。
• The computer industry has spawned a lot of new companies. 由于电脑工业的发展，许多新公司纷纷成立。

5 countless   

adj.无数的，多得不计其数的

参考例句：

• In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
• I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。

6 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。