| 词组 | offspring |
| 释义 | offspring Offspring functions both as a singular and as a plural: • Given a cooperative offspring of course mother is the best placed person of all to stimulate her child's intellect —Times Literary Supp., 14 Nov. 1968 • ... others young enough to have been her own offspring —Peter Quennell, N.Y. Times Book Rev., 10 Oct. 1976 Offsprings also has a long history of occasional use as an alternative plural: • ... half a dozen male offsprings and a girl or two — Saki (H. H. Munro), The Unbearable Bassington, 1912 But our evidence indicates that the -s plural is now rarely used. As Copperud 1970, 1980 notes, some people consider it an error. |
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