spawn

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

spawn [spawn spawns spawned spawning] verb, noun BrE [spɔːn] NAmE [spɔːn]
verb
1. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) (of fish, ↑frogs, etc.)to lay eggs
2. transitive ~ sth (often disapproving)to cause sth to develop or be produced
•The band's album spawned a string of hit singles.
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Word Origin:
late Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French espaundre ‘to shed roe’, variant of Old French espandre ‘pour out’, from Latin expandere ‘expand’.
 
noun uncountable
a soft substance containing the eggs of fish, ↑frogs etc.
see also ↑frogspawn

Word Origin:
late Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French espaundre ‘to shed roe’, variant of Old French espandre ‘pour out’, from Latin expandere ‘expand’.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  engender, breed