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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- son [s^n]
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1.
noun
[c]
儿子
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1.
noun
[c]
儿子
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- son [sʌn] [sʌn]
Collins English-English Dictionary
- son [s^n]
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1.
n
a male offspring; a boy or man in relation to his parents
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2.
n
a male descendant
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3.
n
[often capital]
a familiar term of address for a boy or man
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4.
n
a male from a certain country, place, etc, or one closely connected with a certain environment
- a son of the circus
- a son of the manse
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5.
n
[Etymology]
Old English sunu; related to Old Norse sunr, Gothic sunus, Old High German sunu, Lithuanian s
u nus, Sanskrit su nu
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1.
n
a male offspring; a boy or man in relation to his parents
Examples
- Son and daughter are heteronymous.
- 儿子和女儿是异名(关连词)。 → heteronymous
- to renounce a son
- 与儿子脱离父子关系 → renounce
- to send one's son to the college
- 送…的孩子上大学 → send
- a son of revolution
- 革命志士 → son
- to play golf with one's son
- 与儿子打高尔夫球 → with
- He bequeathed his talent to his son.
- 他把他的才能传给他儿子。 → bequeath
- The estate falls to the son.
- 遗产将由儿子继承。 → fall
- Father, son, and grandson are three generations.
- 父、子、孙为三代。 → generation
- he gave his son what
- 他责备了他儿子一顿
- This is my son.
- 这是我儿子。
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