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1. Oxford Dictionary

   generation

   • IPA[ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃn]

   英式

   • n.
     all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively；the average period, generally considered to be about thirty years, in which children grow up, become adults, and have children of their own

   • noun: generation, plural noun: generations

2. • 釋義
   • 相關詞

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively one of his generation's finest songwriters 同義詞 crop, batch, wave, type, range
   • ▪ the average period, generally considered to be about thirty years, in which children grow up, become adults, and have children of their own the same families have lived here for generations 同義詞 ages, an age, years, aeons, an aeon, ... 更多a long time, an eternity, informaldonkey's years, yonks
   • ▪ a set of members of a family regarded as a single step or stage in descent a third-generation Canadian
   • ▪ a group of people of similar age involved in a particular activity a new generation of actors and directors 同義詞 age, age group, peer group, cohort, stage of life
   • ▪ a single stage in the development of a type of product or technology a new generation of rear-engined sports cars fourth-generation broadband
   • 2. the production or creation of something methods of electricity generation the generation of wealth 同義詞 creation, causing, causation, making, engendering, ... 更多spawning, production, initiation, origination, inception, occasioning, prompting, kindling, triggering, inspiration反義詞 destruction
   • ▪ the propagation of living organisms; procreation. 同義詞 procreation, reproduction, propagation, breeding, fathering, ... 更多siring, engendering, spawning, creation, literarybegetting

   lost generation

   • n.
     the generation reaching maturity during and just after the First World War, a high proportion ...

   Oxford Dictionary

   third-generation

   • adj.
     denoting the offspring of people whose parents immigrated to a particular country: a third-generation Mexican-American

   Oxford American Dictionary

   first-generation

   • adj.
     denoting the first of a generation to become a citizen in a new country, or the first of a ... a first-generation Canadian whose parents were born on a farm in Vietnam

   Oxford American Dictionary

   lost generation

   • n.
     the generation reaching maturity during and just after World War I, a high proportion of whose ...

   Oxford American Dictionary

   third-generation

   • adj.
     denoting the offspring of people whose parents came to live in a particular country: a third-generation Mexican-American

   Oxford Dictionary

   second-generation

   • adj.
     denoting the offspring of parents who came to live in a particular country: she was a second-generation American

   Oxford Dictionary

   second-generation

   • adj.
     denoting the offspring of parents who immigrated to a particular country: she was a second-generation American

   Oxford American Dictionary

   first-generation

   • adj.
     denoting a person who has come to live in a particular country, or the offspring of parents who ... a first-generation Canadian whose parents were born on a farm in Vietnam

   Oxford Dictionary

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3. • 更多解釋

   generation

   • IPA[ˌjenəˈrāSH(ə)n]

   美式

   • n.
     all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively: one of his generation's finest songwriters

   Oxford American Dictionary