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off·spring
awf sprIng
复数:offspring或offsprings
noun
the product of the reproductive processes of a person, animal, or plant : young, progeny
The disease can be transmitted from parent to offspring.
the immediate descendant of a person or animal : an individual born of a parent "… He was becoming irascible as well, impatient—with me especially, because I was his only offspring [=child]. …"—Anthony Hopkins
gave birth to a single offspring
product, result … the substitution of the typewriter and its offspring for the author's own hand.—Jacques Barzun
… scholarly manuscripts—the labored offsprings of PhDs …—Donna Martin
offshoot sense 1a
… you can hear this Caribbean club music, a hard-edged and party-heavy offspring of reggae …—Lorraine Ali
古英语 ofspring “孩子或年轻人集体,后代”,字面意思是“那些从某人身上生出来的人”,来自 of “离开,远离”(见 off(prep.))+ springan “跳跃”(见 spring(v.))。古诺尔斯语中也有类似的构词法 afspringr。比喻意义“由某物产生的东西”记录于约1600年。在中古英语中经常写作 oxspring, ospring。在1500年之前,除了 Orm 之外,都用一个 -f- 拼写。
后代,支系
Middle English ofspring, from Old English, from of off + springan to spring
The first known use of offspring was before the 12th century
ogleverb
to look at in a flirting way or with unusual attention or desire
oftentimesadverb
often
oftenadverb
many times : frequently
oftadverb
often
an oft neglected factor
offstageadverb or adjective
off or away from the stage
offspringnoun
the young of a person, animal, or plant
offspringnoun
the progeny of an animal or plant : young
1 The show is about two couples and the adventures of their rebellious offspring.
2 The North Carolina Citizens’ Councils, offspring of the New South, were more refined in their methods.
3 Plus, unlike plants and mice, it takes us decades to produce enough offspring to give scientists much meaningful data.
4 These legends should be handed down to our offspring.
这些传说应该流传给后代子孙.
5 The soil and water conservation and environment construction is a social undertaking that can benefit offspring.
水土保持生态环境建设是一项社会公益性事业,其治理周期长、见效慢.
6 Heredity, Mendel’s experiments implied, could only be explained by the passage of discrete pieces of information from parents to offspring.
7 The wasp lays up food for an offspring that it never sees.
黄蜂为它从没有见过面的后代贮存粮食.
8 They know that their offspring will need English to get ahead.
他们知道:他们的后代为了超越他人将需要英语.
9 Large animals like elephants, say, they require much more food and energy and have fewer offspring than smaller animals.
比如说,像大象这样的大型动物比小型动物需要更多的食物和能量,而其后代比小型动物更少。
10 Suspicion, the offspring of fear, is eminently characteristic of most wild animals.
由恐惧产生的猜疑, 是大多数野兽的一大特点.
11 These crystalline serpents are said to be the offspring of Shalassa, the Elemental Dragon of Water.
这些晶莹剔透的海蛇们据说是水之龙神沙拉萨的子孙.
12 Their offspring had long childhoods—ten years at least—growing very slowly, as far as she could interpret their explanation.
13 Hell, he never had any doubts about his humanity—that was left to his "free" offspring.
14 If the Builder slays thine offspring dost thou slay thyself?
如果建筑者屠杀你的子孙,你会杀死你自己 吗 ?
15 A M é tis in Canada is the offspring of an Amerindian and a white person.
摘要加拿大的梅蒂斯人是指印第安人和白人通婚的后代.
16 Loving one's own offspring or children in general.
爱儿童的爱自己子女或爱所有孩子的.
17 Application of animal cloning is limited with especially low efficiency and birth defect cloned offspring.
目前动物克隆技术的应用因低效和后代生长发育异常等缺陷而受到限制.
18 He will arrange and approve all marriages personally to ensure the appropriateness of the match and the promise of the offspring.
19 Altogether, half the offspring will be homozygous at that particular locus.
加在一起, 将有半数的后代在那个特定的位点上是纯合的.
20 Most of us have roughly the same number of offspring.
我们大多数人的后代数量大致相同。
1 子孙
race son seed spawn descendant posterity scion progeny progeniture child issue young fruit root slip rod descent sprig proles team increase strain sprout succession
2 后果
result trail consequence aftermath train sequence follow-up sequel ramification outgrowth follow-through subsequence sequent
3 结果
eventual sequential consequential resultant sequent consequentially proceeds end child product result issue effect success production train fruit outcome sequence consequence trace observation harvest sequel by-product fruition upshot denouement fructification fare ensue eventuate in the result with the consequence that as a consequence in consequence when all is said consequently hereat and produce wake fate termination outgrowth pay-off out-turn -ence -y -ment calling card in the sequel subsequent emergent event growth sake ending aftermath consequent corollary to go come fructify as a result in bearing consecutive that conclusion finding progeny scoreline spillover -ion -ism in the event then culmination payback fetch up in turn the upshot final job amount spawn ramification sequela outgo outturn fruitage ure nuciferous ensuing -ade bearing subsequence -sion -tion -ution pan on analysis after all is said for the long haul
6 产物
child product fruit creation daughter yield spawn outgrowth growth birth resultant fruitage produce creature vintage heir
7 后裔
descended child race son descendant posterity scion progeny progeniture issue blood generation seed firstborn one's own flesh and blood
12 崽