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N-UNCOUNT
(魚、蛙等產下的)卵，子，卵塊
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.
她對采集蛙卵的熱愛
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VERB
(魚、蛙等)產卵
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...
諸如鮭魚和鱒魚這樣洄游產卵后死去的魚類
The toads have settled in and accepted the pond as a good spawning ground.
蟾蜍已經在這個池塘里住下來了，把這里當成了理想的產卵地。
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VERB
產生;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...
由廷德爾富有創見的著作發展出了一個嶄新的科學分支。
He wrote 54 crime novels, which spawned both movies and television shows.
他寫了 54 部偵探小說，很多被改編成了電影和電視劇。