Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #5729
offspring
子女；后代；子孙
a person's child or children; descendants
- 1.
A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
一个人的女儿或儿子；孩子
- 2.
the immediate descendants of a person
一个人的直系后代
- 3.
Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
一个人的后代,包括后代的后代
- 4.
something that comes into existence as a result
作为结果而产生的事物
- 5.
An animal or plant's progeny or young.
动物或植物的后代或幼崽
- 6.
any immature animal
任何未成熟的动物
- 7.
Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.
任何产生的东西；实体努力的结果
- 8.
A process launched by another process.
由另一个进程启动的进程。
一个人的女儿或儿子；孩子；一个人的直系后代；一个人的后代,包括后代的后代；作为结果而产生的事物；动物或植物的后代或幼崽
In use
Their offspring have all graduated from college.
She devoted her life to raising her offspring.
They are proud of their offspring's achievements at school.
she was the mother of many offspring
industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring
offspring of
表示某生物或人的后代，常跟介词of。
The offspring of the queen bee inherit her genetic traits.
蜂王的后代继承了她的遗传特性。
produce offspring
用于描述繁殖行为。
Connections
Collocations
- raise offspring
- 抚养后代
- Many animals devote much energy to raising their offspring.许多动物花费大量精力抚养后代。
- produce offspring
- 繁衍后代
- The couple was delighted to produce healthy offspring.这对夫妇很高兴生下了健康的子女。
- offspring of
- ……的产物
- The new theory is the offspring of years of research.这个新理论是多年研究的产物。
- surviving offspring
- 存活的后代
- Only a fraction of the eggs produce surviving offspring.只有一小部分卵能孵化出存活的后代。
- parent and offspring
- 亲代和子代
- The study examined the relationship between parents and offspring.该研究考察了亲代与子代之间的关系。
- numerous offspring
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象孩子像小动物一样从父母身边‘spring off’（弹开），就是后代。
Context & Register
通常用于正式或学术语境，指人类或动物的后代，也可指产物。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -ing (spring, string, bring, thing, ring) share the unstressed /ɪŋ/ ending with the second syllable of 'offspring' but do not rhyme due to different stress placement. 'Off' shares the initial stressed syllable /ɔf/. These words are useful for recognising the spelling pattern of the compound 'offspring'.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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