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N-UNCOUNT
(鱼、蛙等产下的)卵，子，卵块
Spawn is a soft, jelly-like substance containing the eggs of fish, or of animals such as frogs.
例句
...her passion for collecting frog spawn.
她对采集蛙卵的热爱
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VERB
(鱼、蛙等)产卵
When fish or animals such as frogs spawn, they lay their eggs.
例句
...fish species like salmon and trout which go upstream, spawn and then die...
诸如鲑鱼和鳟鱼这样洄游产卵后死去的鱼类
The toads have settled in and accepted the pond as a good spawning ground.
蟾蜍已经在这个池塘里住下来了，把这里当成了理想的产卵地。
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VERB
产生;造成;引起
If something spawns something else, it causes it to happen or to be created.
例句
Tyndall's inspired work spawned a whole new branch of science...
由廷德尔富有创见的著作发展出了一个崭新的科学分支。
He wrote 54 crime novels, which spawned both movies and television shows.
他写了 54 部侦探小说，很多被改编成了电影和电视剧。