offspring
英 ['?fspr??]
美['?fspr??]
- n. 后代，子孫；產物
CET6TEM4IELTSGRE考研TOEFL低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?offspring;
中文詞源
offspring 子女，后代
off,離開，spring,彈，跳，生長。比喻用法。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Of course, not all alcoholics and drug abusers produce deviant offspring.
- 當然，并不是所有的酗酒者和吸毒者都會生育出不正常的后代。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The offspring contain a mixture of the genetic blueprint of each parent.
- 子女身上遺傳了父母雙方的基因型板。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. the problems parents have with their teenage offspring
- 父母與青少年子女之間的問題
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. This device is the offspring of his inventive mind.
- 這一裝置是他那長于發明的頭腦的產兒.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. John is her only offspring.
- 約翰是她惟一的孩子.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》