關於Offspring的意思和用法的提問

A: children
(usually offspring is used as a scientific term)

A: A baby

A: offspring is the young born of a living organism.
For example, a baby. A baby is an example of an offspring.

A: Offspring is another word for a person's children. "His offspring" would mean "His children" for example.

A: Thank you!

A: Turtles lay many eggs that hatch their offspring.

A: “The mother dog and her offspring sat by the fireplace.”

I can’t think of any more that would be helpful because offspring isn’t a common word used daily. It is more of a formal word.

A: The queen’s offspring are princes. Did she ever have any offspring?

A: "Offspring" means a direct child. If a person gives birth, the baby is their "offspring."

"Descendants" can be separated by many, many generations. A parent's baby can be their "descendant," and a parent's great-great-great-grandchild 200 years later can also be their "descendant." If we want to discuss our family's long history, we might say we are "descended" from a person who lived a long time ago.

"Posterity" has a similar meaning to "descendants," with more of a feeling of "ALL the future descendants, ALL the future generations, forever."

A: The words essentially mean the same thing, however, "offspring" sounds more "technical" or clinical." In this sense, the relationship of the words "offspring" and "child" is similar to the relationship of the words "wife/husband" and "spouse," or the relationship of the words "brother/sister" and "sibling."
Typically, we use the word "offspring" to refer to animals, rather than people, but it is also possible (but rare) to use it to refer to people.
An example of it being used to refer to people is the movie "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi" where Obiwan it telling Luke Skywalker about the fact that his father is Anakin Skywalker (who became Darth Vader).
"The Emperor knew, as I did, if Anakin were to have any offspring, they would be a threat to him."

A: I may not understand the question, but here are some examples:

"I have 2 kids" (offspring = kids, children)
"My origins are French" (my cultural background is French, my ancestors are French)

A: Offspring are your children. Descendents include not only them, but also their children, their children after them, etc. It continues forward to include multiple generations, wheras offspring includes only one.

A: A descendant refers to family who can be traced directly back to you such as your children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and so on. Whereas your offspring refers only to your children. Hope that helps :)

A: I have not heard that. It sounds they are using it to mean "synonym". But I googled this and found nothing.

A: I am thankful!

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