offspring

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɒfspɹɪŋ/    美 /ˈɔfspɹɪŋ/|/ˈɑfspɹɪŋ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
    — We are the offspring of Italian immigrants.
  2. Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
  3. An animal or plant's progeny or young.
    — In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
  4. Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts. figuratively
    — Artists often treasure their works as their immortal offspring.
  5. A process launched by another process.

词形变化

offspring plural offsprings nonstandard,plural

词汇关系

反义词
genitor parent progenitor father mother ancestors forbear forebear forefather
衍生词
donor offspring grandoffspring large offspring syndrome offspringless parent-offspring conflict

词源

From Middle English ofspring, from Old English ofspring (“offspring, descendants, posterity”), equivalent to off- + spring. Compare Icelandic afspringur (“offspring”). More at off, spring.
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