喜樂美語
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    /ˈɔːfˌsprɪŋ/ · /ˈɒfˌsprɪŋ/

    Offspring means the children or young ones that a person, animal, or plant produces. It's a slightly formal or scientific word — a scientist studying animals will say 'offspring' more than 'babies' or 'kids,' and it works for one child or many, since the word doesn't change.

    後代；子女

    複數 offspring

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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組成A compound of 'off' + 'spring' — the idea of young ones 'springing off' from a parent.

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

offspringnoun/ˈɒfspɹɪŋ/

  • 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.

    • Artists often treasure their works as their immortal offspring.
  • 5

    computingengineeringmathematicsA process launched by another process.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。