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词汇 gen
释义 gen
noun[ U ]
uk /dʒen/ us /dʒen/

gennoun[U] (AGE GROUP)


informal
short for generation: used when saying what age group someone belongs to or whether they belong to the first, second, etc. age group of people in their family to have a particular nationality:
I would say that a lot of the newer gen of gamers don't really have the patience for these products anymore.
My mother is first gen Canadian.
See also
Gen X
Gen Y
Gen Z
informal
short for generation: used when saying whether a product or device belongs to the first, second, etc. group of similar products or devices to be developed:
Gen 2 night-vision goggles came out in the 1970s.
This is similar to what was done with the first gen iPhone.
The games were made for new gen consoles.
She talked about her experience as a second gen British Sri Lankan.
The new model uses the 624MHz version of the processor as opposed to the slower 520MHz chip in the second gen product.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Family: ancestors & descendants
ancestor
ancestral
ancestry
be in the/someone's bloodidiom
blood is thicker than wateridiom
descent
distaff
family tree
forbear
forebear
genealogy
generation
generationally
heraldic
heraldically
heraldry
progenitor
run in the familyidiom
sandwich generation
successor

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Groups of people

gennoun[U] (information)


UKold-fashionedinformal
information about a particular subject: 信息;消息;情报
give someone the gen on somethingSo who's going to give me the gen on what's been happening while I've been away?好,谁给我说说我不在的时候发生了什么?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Information and messages
advance notice
advance warning
advertisement
aide-mémoire
ammunition
bumper sticker
credential
flier
guideline
handout
info
infodemic
push notification
radiogram
readout
relabel
subtlety
telemetry
the gory detailsidiom
the real deal

Examples of gen


gen
Your perception of the boomer gen is way off.
From Washington Post
And generally, when you announce a next generation, the last gen goes off a cliff.
From CNET
According to a study, millennials actually get paid more than gen-xers.
From CNBC
At a glance, the 4th gen chips don't appear wildly different from their predecessors.
From Gizmodo
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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