offspring

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off·spring /ˈɒfˌsprɪŋ $ ˈɒːf-/ noun (plural offspring) [countable] 1 CHILDsomeone’s child or children – often used humorously 〔某人的〕子女；子孙；后代〔常为幽默用法〕 a young mother trying to control her offspring 一个想管住自己孩子的年轻妈妈2 HBAan animal’s baby or babies 〔动物的〕幼崽 SYN young a lion and its offspring 一头狮子和它的幼崽

Examples from the Corpus

offspring• With a mixture of threats and promises, Halvorsen managed to evict his determined offspring, and led Floyd into the office.• Hardly a day goes by without Mrs Molt or one of her offspring calling around to borrow something.• Fears that radiotherapy would cause genetic mutations leading to handicaps in offspring appear to be groundless, according to studies among 3,000 survivors.• But this does put an exceedingly onerous burden on women who are required to bear, rear and look after the offspring.• When they seemed to resemble each other rather too closely, he introduced random mutations in the offspring.• They see that as having survival value for their offspring.• A combination of lax discipline and hostile attitudes on the part of both parents encourages very aggressive and poorly controlled behaviour in their offspring.• Parents with the disease are likely to pass it on to their offspring.• Only in mid-to late summer do they appear at the tunnel with their offspring.Origin offspring Old English ofspring, from of “off” + springan “to move suddenly”

off·spring nounChineseSyllable

– used often Corpus humorously child or someone’s children

offspring
off‧spring /ˈɒfˌsprɪŋ $ ˈɒːf-/