| 单词 | offspring |
| 释义 | offspring (once / 540 pages) n Puppies are the offspring, or children, of a mamma dog. You're the offspring of your biological parents. This is basically another word for children. Baby horses, gorillas, lizards, and humans are all offspring. A woman who gives birth to quadruplets suddenly has a lot of offspring. But this word isn't limited to biological creations — you could say that a project you've been laboring over is your offspring. Albert Einstein's offspring included many groundbreaking theories, and the scientists who followed up on Einstein's ideas are considered his intellectual offspring. WORD FAMILYoffspring: offsprings USAGE EXAMPLESOfficials also are considering locations for a separate test of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes genetically modified to produce offspring that die outside a lab. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) The economic costs, including to our fisheries, is only one price our offspring will pay. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) This in turn affects the timing of offspring hatching and their chances of survival. The Guardian(Dec 28, 2016) 1n the immediate descendants of a person she was the mother of many offspring Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper issue, progeny Esau (Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage baby the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young) bastard, by-blow, illegitimate, illegitimate child, love child, whoresonthe illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents child, kida human offspring (son or daughter) of any age eldest, firstbornthe offspring who came first in the order of birth grandchilda child of your son or daughter heir, successora person who inherits some title or office army bratthe child of a career officer of the United States Army babe, baby, infanta very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk female offspringa child who is female granddaughtera female grandchild grandsona male grandchild great grandchilda child of your grandson or granddaughter male offspring, man-childa child who is male stepchilda child of your spouse by a former marriage relation, relative a person related by blood or marriage 2n something that comes into existence as a result industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring Syn|Hyper materialisation, materialization consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon 3n any immature animal Syn|Hypo|Hyper young hatchling any recently hatched animal (especially birds) orphana young animal without a mother young mammalany immature mammal young birda bird that is still young spata young oyster or other bivalve young fisha fish that is young babya very young mammal pup, whelpyoung of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf wolf cub, wolf pupa young wolf cub, young carnivorethe young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion kityoung of any of various fur-bearing animals sucklinga young mammal that has not been weaned fledgeling, fledglingyoung bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying baby bird, nestlingyoung bird not yet fledged eagleta young eagle biddy, chickyoung bird especially of domestic fowl cygneta young swan calfyoung of domestic cattle calfyoung of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo kitten, kittyyoung domestic cat foala young horse piggy, piglet, shoat, shotea young pig heiferyoung cow bullockyoung bull lambyoung sheep fawna young deer parrthe young of various fishes whitebaitthe edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smelts brit, brittthe young of a herring or sprat or similar fish parra young salmon up to 2 years old animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna a living organism characterized by voluntary movement |
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