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.
实用例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
3. the problems parents have with their teenage offspring
父母与青少年子女之间的问题
来自《权威词典》
4. This device is the offspring of his inventive mind.
