descendant

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT Someone's descendants are the people in later generations who are related to them. 後代
They are descendants of the original English and Scottish settlers. 他們是最初的英格蘭和囌格蘭移民的後裔。
2. N-COUNT Something modern which developed from an older thing can be called a descendant of it. 衍生物
His design was a descendant of a 1956 device. 他的設計是1956年一個裝置的衍生物。