offspring
英 ['?fspr??]
美['?fspr??]
- n. 后代，子孙；产物
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词态变化
复数:?offspring;
中文词源
offspring 子女，后代
off,离开，spring,弹，跳，生长。比喻用法。
英文词源
- offspring (n.)
- Old English ofspring "children or young collectively, descendants," literally "those who spring off (someone,)" from off + springan "to spring" (see spring (v.)). The figurative sense is first recorded c. 1600.
双语例句
- 1. Of course, not all alcoholics and drug abusers produce deviant offspring.
- 当然，并不是所有的酗酒者和吸毒者都会生育出不正常的后代。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The offspring contain a mixture of the genetic blueprint of each parent.
- 子女身上遗传了父母双方的基因型板。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. the problems parents have with their teenage offspring
- 父母与青少年子女之间的问题
来自《权威词典》
- 4. This device is the offspring of his inventive mind.
- 这一装置是他那长于发明的头脑的产儿.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. John is her only offspring.
- 约翰是她惟一的孩子.
来自《简明英汉词典》