| 单词 |
afterspring |
| 释义 |
† ˈafterspring Obs. [after- 9, 6.] 1. Posterity, seed, descendants. Cf. offspring.
1583Golding Calvin on Deut. viii. 43 If he should destroy the whole world and leaue no afterspring to call vpon him. 1587― De Mornay xxvii. 437 The afterspring of his children that are long hence to come. 2. (ˈafter-ˌspring.) A second and later spring. Also fig.
1604W. Yonge Diary 1 Never a better after-spring seen in any man's memory, at the end of June. a1670Hacket Life of Williams ii. 30 (D.) To recreate him, and to put an after-spring into his decaying spirits. |

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