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generation

英 [dʒenə'reɪʃ(ə)n] 美['dʒɛnə'reʃən]
  • n. 一代;产生;一代人;生殖

英英释意


1. all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
2. group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
3. the normal time between successive generations;
"they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"
4. a stage of technological development or innovation;
"the third generation of computers"
5. a coming into being
6. the production of heat or electricity;
"dams were built for the generation of electricity"
7. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production