释义 |
off·spring \ˈȯfˌspriŋ also ˈäf-\ noun (plural offspring also offsprings) Etymology: Middle English ofspring, from Old English, from of off + springan to spring — more at of, spring 1. : something that springs from an animal or plant reproducing its kind : young, progeny, child, issue < a mother of numerous offspring > 2. : something that comes into being as a result : product < atomic bomb is the offspring of 20th century physics — I.I.Rabi > 3. obsolete a. : generation b. : ancestral stock : race c. : lineage, descent d. : source, origin |