offspring
英 [ˈɒf.sprɪŋ]
美 [ˈɑːf.sprɪŋ]
将“offspring”拆分为“off”和“spring”。想象春天(spring)是万物生长的时候,而“off”可以理解为“出”或“诞生”,所以“offspring”可以理解为春天里诞生的生命,即“后代”或“子孙”。
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offspring 子女,后代off,离开,spring,弹,跳,生长。比喻用法。
- 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.
- 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。
- 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。
- 3. the problems parents have with their teenage offspring
- 父母与青少年子女之间的问题
- 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.
- 5. John is her only offspring.
- 约翰是她惟一的孩子.