offspring
单词辨析：
指人或动植物的后代，常为幽默用法。
Her offspring are diligent and intelligent.
她的孩子们既勤奋又聪明。
This device is the offspring of his inventive mind.
这一装置是他那长于发明的头脑的产儿。
The mother tiger takes care of its four offspring.
母虎照看它的四只幼崽。
The seeds will produce many offspring.
这些种子将会发出许多幼苗。
指有血缘关系的后代，只用于人。
They are the descendants of Confucius.
他们是孔子的后裔。
He claimed to be the descendant of George Washington.
他自称是乔治·华盛顿的后裔。
指动植物的后代；指某人的儿女时为幽默用法。
The mother lion was surrounded by her progeny.
幼狮围着母狮。
His numerous progeny are all asleep.
他的一大堆小辈们都睡着了。
指年轻人或动物幼崽的群体，前面通常用定冠词 the 或物主代词。
I'd like to work with the young.
我愿意和年轻人一起工作。
The lion tried to protect its young.
狮子极力保护其幼崽。
注意，以上这组词的复数都不加 s。
相关例句：
The problems parents have with their teenage offspring.
父母与青少年子女之间的问题。
The seed and the parents are immediate and initial existences in respect of the offspring which they generate.
胚芽和父母，就其所产生的枝叶和后代来看，可以说是直接的、创始的存在。
This is my central message to all my offspring.
这是我要给予我的所有子女之中心讯息。
The offspring contain a mixture of the genetic blueprint of each parent
子女身上遗传了父母双方的基因型板。
Having or assuming the relationship of child or offspring to parent.
具有或承担起子女或后代对父母的关系的。
You also have nine offspring, all grown.
你有9个下一代，都成人了。