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.
雙語例句
1. Of course, not all alcoholics and drug abusers produce deviant offspring.
當然，并不是所有的酗酒者和吸毒者都會生育出不正常的后代。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The offspring contain a mixture of the genetic blueprint of each parent.
子女身上遺傳了父母雙方的基因型板。
來自柯林斯例句
3. the problems parents have with their teenage offspring
父母與青少年子女之間的問題
來自《權威詞典》
4. This device is the offspring of his inventive mind.