birth

英 [bɜːθ]

美 [bɜːrθ]

n.  出生; 诞生; 分娩; 创始; 起源; 出身; 门第

复数：births　现在分词：birthing　过去式：birthed　第三人称单数：births　过去分词：birthed　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1590 / COCA.1499

同义词辨析

birthdeliverylabour【导航词义：分娩】

习惯用语

n.

give birth (to sb/sth)
• 生孩子；产仔
  to produce a baby or young animal
• She died shortly after giving birth.
  她生下孩子后不久便死了。
• Mary gave birth to a healthy baby girl.
  玛丽生了个健康的女婴。
• It was the study of history that gave birth to the social sciences.
  对历史的研究孕育了社会科学。

牛津词典

noun

• 出生；诞生；分娩
  the time when a baby is born; the process of being born
  1. The baby weighed three kilos at birth .
     婴儿出生时体重为三公斤。
  2. John was present at the birth of both his children.
     约翰的两个孩子出生时他均在场。
  3. It was a difficult birth.
     那是一次难产。
  4. a hospital/home birth
     在医院里 / 家中的分娩
  5. Mark has been blind from birth .
     马克先天失明。
  6. Please state your date and place of birth .
     请说明你的出生日期和地点。
• 创始；起源
  the beginning of a new situation, idea, place, etc.
  1. the birth of a new society in South Africa
     南非一个新社会的诞生
• 出身；门第
  a person's origin or the social position of their family
  1. Anne was French by birth but lived most of her life in Italy.
     安妮在血统上是法国人，但大部分时间住在意大利。
  2. a woman of noble birth
     出身贵族的女子

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 出生；降生；出世
  When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or herbirth.
  1. It was the birth of his grandchildren which gave him greatest pleasure...
     孙子孙女的出生给他带来了极大的快乐。
  2. She concealed her pregnancy right up to the moment of birth...
     她隐瞒了自己怀孕的事，直到孩子出世。
  3. She weighed 5lb 7oz at birth.
     她出生时体重是5磅7盎司。
  4. ...premature births.
     早产
• N-UNCOUNT 诞生；产生；出现；起源
  You can refer to the beginning or origin of something as itsbirth.
  1. ...the birth of popular democracy.
     人民民主的诞生
• N-UNCOUNT 出身；家世；门第
  Some people talk about a person'sbirthwhen they are referring to the social position of the person's family.
  1. ...men of low birth...
     出身卑微的人
  2. His birth, background and career show that you can make it in this country on merit alone.
     他的出身、背景和职业表明，在这个国家仅凭自己的能力就可以取得成功。
• See also:date of birthhome birth
• PHRASE 在血统上；生来
  If, for example, you are Frenchby birth, you are French because your parents are French, or because you were born in France.
  1. Sadrudin was an Iranian by birth.
     萨德尔丁是伊朗血统。
• PHRASE 生（孩子）；分娩；生育
  When a womangives birth, she produces a baby from her body.
  1. She's just given birth to a baby girl...
     她刚生了一个女孩。
  2. She's due to give birth at any moment.
     她随时可能分娩。
• PHRASE 使产生；使诞生
  Togive birth tosomething such as an idea means to cause it to start to exist.
  1. In 1980, strikes at the Lenin Shipyards gave birth to the Solidarity trade union.
     1980年，列宁造船厂的罢工致使团结工会得以成立。
• 出生的（地方）
  The country, town, or villageofyourbirthis the place where you were born.

英英释义

noun

• the event of being born
  1. they celebrated the birth of their first child
  Synonym:nativitynascencynascence
• a baby born
  1. the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births
• the process of giving birth
  Synonym:parturitiongiving birthbirthing
• the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
  Synonym:parentage
• the time when something begins (especially life)
  1. they divorced after the birth of the child
  2. his election signaled the birth of a new age

verb

• cause to be born
  1. My wife had twins yesterday!
  Synonym:give birthdeliverbearhave

双语例句

• The next letter announced the birth of another boy
  下一封信通知又一个男孩出生了。
• She concealed her pregnancy right up to the moment of birth
  她隐瞒了自己怀孕的事，直到孩子出世。
• She gave birth to a girl last night.
  她昨晚产下一个女孩。
• Her parents were in fact American by birth.
  她的父母在血统上其实是美国人。
• Three months before birth babies are already responsive to sound.
  在出生前3个月，胎儿就已经对声音有反应了。
• Premature birth is the main cause of perinatal mortality.
  早产是临产死亡的主要原因。
• Maternity services were to be reduced in consequence of falling birth rates.
  由于出生率下降，产科服务会随之削减。
• The twins were separated at birth and brought up in entirely different environments.
  那对双胞胎一出生就被分开，在完全不同的环境中被抚养长大。
• She gave birth to a boy.
  她养了个儿子。
• She's just given birth to a baby girl
  她刚生了一个女孩。