descended是什么意思？

descended

英[dɪ'sendɪd] 美[dɪ'sendɪd]

• adj. 从一个祖先传下来的；
• v. 下来( descend的过去式和过去分词)，下去，下降，下斜；
• vi. 继承，遗传下来，来自，自嘲，自谦，蜂拥而至；

例句

• Another oppressive night descended. 闷热的夜又来临了。
• A family tree is a diagram with branches,showing how the members of a family are descended and related. 家谱是说明家族成员血缘承袭关系的明细分支图。
• He descended from Jewish stock. 他是犹太人的后裔。
• He was descended from a noble family. 他出身于贵族家庭。
• He is descended from an honourable family. 他是名门望族的后裔。
• They descended the slope towards the hamlet. 他们顺坡下山, 向那个村子走去。
• Darkness descended too soon. 夜色过早降临。
• A family tree is a diagram with branches, showing how the members of a family are descended and related. 家谱是说明家族成员血缘承袭关系的明细分支图.
• One day depression descended upon him, and wherever he went after that he could never throw it off. 有一天，他突然开始消沉起来，从那以后，无论他走到哪儿也摆脱不了这种情绪。
• The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  是…的后代的;为…的后裔的
  A person who is descended from someone who lived a long time ago is directly related to them.
  例句
  She told us she was descended from some Scottish Lord. 她告诉我们她是某苏格兰勋爵的后裔。
• ADJ
  由…演变而来的;为…的变种的
  An animal that is descended from another sort of animal has developed from the original sort.
  例句
  Domestic chickens are descended from jungle fowl of Southeast Asia. 家鸡是由东南亚原鸡演变而来的。