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heir

英 /eə(r)/美 /er/
  • n.
    继承人，子嗣；接班人
  • v.
    继承
复数heirs
第三人称单数heirs
现在分词heiring
过去式heired
过去分词heired
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词语例句

  1. 继承人，子嗣cn.

    六级

    • Her duty was to produce an heir to the throne.

      她的任务就是生育王位继承人。

    • They laughed aloud when the heir to the British throne told a TV reporter that he talked to his plants at his country house to stimulate their growth.

      当这位英国王位继承人告诉一位电视记者，他在自己的乡间别墅与他的植物交谈以刺激它们生长时，他们放声大笑。

  2. 接班人cn. (常sing.)

    • Donald Trump is the heir of Obama.

      唐纳德·特朗普是奥巴马的接班人。

  1. Her duty was to produce an heir to the throne.
    她的任务就是生育王位继承人。
    来自《牛津词典》
  2. He is the eldest son and thus heir to the title.
    他是长子，因此是这个封号的继承人。
    来自《牛津词典》
  3. He was heir to a large farm in Domleschg.
    他是多姆莱斯克一个大农场的继承人。

相关短语

  • Heir Apparent
    法定继承人；继承人；当然继承人；皇储
  • Doug Heir
    杜格•埃厄
  • Heir Audio
    海澳德
  • lawful heir
    合法继承人
  • sole heir
    唯一的继承人

词语扩展

n.
heritorhaeres
[法]继承人；后嗣；嗣子
n.
heiress女继承人

词义分布

继承人
94.7%
后嗣
2.9%
嗣
1.5%
嗣子
1%

英英释义

  • n.a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
  • n.a person who inherits some title or office
  1. n.
    someone who will receive a person's money or property when that person dies
    （财产的）继承人
    • Elizabeth was her father's heir.
      伊丽莎白是她父亲的继承人。

词源

  • heir
    来自中世纪英语heir, 来自盎格鲁-诺曼语eir, heir, 来自拉丁语hērēs.
  • heir继承，继承人，后嗣
    来自拉丁语heres,继承人，词源同heredity,heritage.引申词义后嗣，子嗣。
  • heir继承人
    词根-her-的变体→粘附于上→继承,遗传