offspring
孩子
常用释义
英音[ ˈɒfsprɪŋ ]
美音[ ˈɔːfsprɪŋ ]
变形
复数:
offspring/offsprings
基本释义
- n. （人的）后代，子女；（动物的）幼崽，崽兽；结果，产物
考试频率
六级
考频：近五年出现2次
- n. 子女; 子孙; 后代 最常考
- n. (动物的)崽
例句
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1·The offspring contain a mixture of the genetic blueprint of each parent.后代体内含有父母亲基因图谱的混合。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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2·Eleanor was now less anxious about her offspring than she had once been.这时，埃莉诺已不像以前那样为子女担忧了。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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3·The comet is going to come back in 2061 and we are all going to be able to see it. Well, our offspring are, anyway.这颗彗星将于2061年返回，到时我们都可以看到它。哦，无论如何，我们子孙是可以看到的。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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4·Jack is her only offspring.杰克是她唯一的后代。来源: 《新英汉大辞典》
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5·Most of us have roughly the same number of offspring.我们大多数人的后代数量大致相同。
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6·Is that possible for the offspring to make it on their own so young?有没有可能是它们的后代这么小就自己谋生呢？
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7·They subsisted offspring migrations of Persian gazelles from the south.他们使从南方迁徙过来的波斯瞪羚的后代可以生存下去。
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8·Behind every successful parent, there is a bunch of surprised offspring.每个成功的父母的背后，都有一群让人惊奇的后代。
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9·Most people with only one copy of the gene—"carriers"—survive and pass the gene to offspring.大多数只有一个基因拷贝的人——“携带者”——能够存活下来并将基因传给后代。
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10·To see whether the plan was working, scientists tracked every panther, as well as its offspring.为了弄清这个计划是否奏效，科学家们追踪了每只黑豹及其后代。
词语辨析
offspring/descendant/progeny/young.导航词义：子孙，后代
offspring:n. 子孙，后代.指人或动植物的后代，常为幽默用法。
Her offspring are diligent and intelligent.
她的孩子们既勤奋又聪明。
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。
The mother tiger takes care of its four offspring.
母虎照看它的四只幼崽。
The seeds will produce many offspring.
这些种子将会发出许多幼苗。
descendant:n. 后代，后裔.指有血缘关系的后代，只用于人。
They are the descendants of Confucius.
他们是孔子的后裔。
He claimed to be the descendant of George Washington.
他自称是乔治·华盛顿的后裔。
progeny:n. 后代，后裔；儿女.指动植物的后代；指某人的儿女时为幽默用法。
The mother lion was surrounded by her progeny.
幼狮围着母狮。
His numerous progeny are all asleep.
他的一大堆小辈们都睡着了。
young:n. 年轻人；幼崽.指年轻人或动物幼崽的群体，前面通常用定冠词 the 或物主代词。
I'd like to work with the young.
我愿意和年轻人一起工作。
The lion tried to protect its young.
狮子极力保护其幼崽。