descendant

1. N-COUNT Someone's descendants are the people in later generations who are related to them. 后代

They are descendants of the original English and Scottish settlers. 他们是最初的英格兰和苏格兰移民的后裔。

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. 他的设计是1956年一个装置的衍生物。