English Dictionary

offspring

/ˈɒfspɹɪŋ/

noun

A person's daughter(s) and/or son(s); a person's children. / All of a person's descendants, including further generations. / An animal or plant's progeny or young.

She is proud of her offspring.

意味（1）

A person's daughter(s) and/or son(s); a person's children.

意味（2）

All of a person's descendants, including further generations.

意味（3）

An animal or plant's progeny or young.

In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.

意味（4）

(figuratively) Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.

Artists often treasure their works as their immortal offspring.

意味（5）

(computing) A process launched by another process.