ˌfirst geneˈration noun [singular] 1. SSCSApeople who have moved to live in a new country, or the children of these people 第一代移民;第一代移民的子女
2 TTDthe first type of a machine to be developed 第一代机器first generation of the first generation of hand-held computers 第一代掌上电脑
3 FIRSTthe first people to do something 第一批人first generation of the first generation of radical feminists in the US 美国第一批激进的女权主义者
—first-generation adjectiveadj first-generation Americans 第一代美国人