1.son用作可数名词的基本意思是“儿子”,指男性的有直系血缘的第二代。引申可作“子孙,后裔”解,常用复数。
2.son还可用作称呼,指长者对较年轻的男子或男孩的非正式的称呼,也可指罗马天主教神父对前来忏悔者的称呼,常译成“孩子”,前加限定词,第一个字母要大写。
3.son后可接介词of,表示“…的儿子〔后裔,子弟〕”,有时还可表示“…人”。

I have a son and two daughters.我有一个儿子和两个女儿。
Mr. and Mrs. Jones have three sons.琼斯夫妇有三个儿子。
Their eldest son is a teacher.他们的长子是一名教师。
The boss's son was arrogant to all the employees.老板的儿子对所有的雇员都傲慢无理。
The mother is anxious about her son's safety.母亲十分担心儿子的安全。
The mother is very much afraid for her son who is seriously ill.母亲很担心自己的儿子,他病得很重。
He was angry to see his son behave badly at the party.看到他儿子在宴会上不懂礼貌,他很生气。
She got angry with her son for lying to her again.她因为儿子再次对她扯谎而对他发起脾气来。
The sons of the first discoverers are still on the island after centuries.首批发现者的后裔,几个世纪之后仍住在这个岛上。
What's your name, son?孩子,你叫什么名字?
She then turned to her son,“Do you love me,Son?”然后她转向儿子说:“你爱我吗,孩子?”
Are you willing to do penance for your sins, my son?你愿意以苦刑赎你的罪吗,孩子?

son在基督教里还可表示“圣子”,指耶稣基督(圣父、圣子、圣灵三位一体中的第二位),其前要加定冠词the,且常用作单数。

［同义词］   boy, descendant, inhabitant
［词源］  ＜古英语sunu (儿子)