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单词 after-spring
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after-springn.

Brit. /ˈɑːftəsprɪŋ/, /ˈaftəsprɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈæftərˌsprɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: after- prefix, spring v.1, spring n.1
Etymology: In sense 1 < after- prefix + either spring v.1 or spring n.1, probably after offspring n. In sense 2 < after- prefix + spring n.1
1. The descendants of any person considered collectively; progeny, issue. Cf. offspring n. 1a. Obsolete.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > descendant > [noun] > collectively
bairn-teamc885
kinc950
seedOE
teamOE
offspringOE
kindOE
childrenc1175
lineage1303
generationa1325
issuea1325
successiona1340
kindredc1350
progenya1382
posterityc1410
sequelc1440
ligneea1450
posterior1509
genealogy1513
propagation1536
racea1547
postery1548
after-spring1583
bowela1593
afterworld1594
loin1608
descendance1617
succession1618
proles1640
descent1667
ramage1936
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie viii. 43 If he should destroy the whole world and leaue no afterspring to call vpon him.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxvii. 510 The afterspring of his children that are long hence to come.
1616 N. Breton Hate of Treason sig. A4 A secret malice to have murder sought, Murder on him, and on his after spring.
2. A spring that appears later; a second or later spring (in various senses). Frequently figurative, esp. with reference to a later improvement after a period of decline or decay. Cf. after-winter n. at after- prefix 3. Now rare.
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the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > spring > early or late spring
after-springa1649
a1649 W. Yonge Diary (1848) 1 Never a better after-spring seen in any man's memory, at the end of June.
1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour sig. A2v Once it is decaying, the repairs of Art are of as short continuance, as the after Spring.
a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata ii. 30 To recreate him, and to put an after-spring into his decaying spirits.
1786 P. Skelton Senilia 189 Men and women marrying about the fiftieth year of their lives, who had laid aside all thoughts of matrimony for some years before... But no one hath thought of giving a like attention to the after-spring of fifty.
1831 S. Moodie Enthusiasm 148 When the first bloom of our life is o'er No after spring can its freshness restore.
1863 C. T. Brooks tr. J. P. F. Richter Titan II. xxi. 114 Albano saw his life-gardens sparkling round about him with the warm glimmer of an after-spring.
1902 H. L. Wilson Spenders xv. 153 The free-swinging, quick-moving men and women..are..the ones for whom this after-spring is made to bloom.
1919 Celebration 100th Anniv. Birth J. R. Lowell (Cambr. Hist. Soc.) 14 The after-spring Of our remembering.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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