首页 / 词典 / good

birth

美 [bɜːrθ]英 [bɜːθ]
  • n.出生;诞生;分娩;出身;起源;门第;创始

复数: births

birthbirth

noun

1

出生;诞生;分娩
the time when a baby is born; the process of being born

The baby weighed three kilos at birth .

婴儿出生时体重为三公斤。

John was present at the birth of both his children.

约翰的两个孩子出生时他均在场。

It was a difficult birth.

那是一次难产。

a hospital/home birth

在医院里 / 家中的分娩

Mark has been blind from birth .

马克先天失明。

Please state your date and place of birth .

请说明你的出生日期和地点。

2

创始;起源
the beginning of a new situation, idea, place, etc.

the birth of a new society in South Africa

南非一个新社会的诞生

3

出身;门第
a person's origin or the social position of their family

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。

a woman of noble birth

出身贵族的女子

习语

to produce a baby or young animal

她生下孩子后不久便死了。
She died shortly after giving birth.

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。

birth

频次

  • 1
    N-VAR 出生;降生;出世
    When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or her birth .

    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
    N-UNCOUNT 诞生;产生;出现;起源
    You can refer to the beginning or origin of something as its birth .

    ...the birth of popular democracy.

    人民民主的诞生

  • 3
    N-UNCOUNT 出身;家世;门第
    Some people talk about a person's birth when they are referring to the social position of the person's family.

    ...men of low birth...

    出身卑微的人

  • 4
    See also:date of birth;home birth

  • 5
    PHRASE 在血统上;生来
    If, for example, you are French by birth, you are French because your parents are French, or because you were born in France.

    Sadrudin was an Iranian by birth.

    萨德尔丁是伊朗血统。

  • 6
    PHRASE 生(孩子);分娩;生育
    When a woman gives birth, she produces a baby from her body.

    She's just given birth to a baby girl...

    她刚生了一个女孩。

  • 7
    PHRASE 使产生;使诞生
    To give birth to something such as an idea means to cause it to start to exist.

    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。

  • 8
    PHRASE 出生的(地方)
    The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.

noun

1
the event of being born
they celebrated the birth of their first child
Synonym: nativity nascency nascence
2
a baby born;an offspring
the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births
3
the process of giving birth
Synonym: parturition giving birth birthing
4
the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
Synonym: parentage
5
the time when something begins (especially life)
they divorced after the birth of the child
his election signaled the birth of a new age

verb

1
cause to be born
My wife had twins yesterday!
Synonym: give birth deliver bear have

数据来源:WordNet

  1. John was present at the birth of both his children .

    约翰的两个孩子出生时他均在场。

  2. Please give your name , address and date of birth .

    请报姓名、地址和出生日期。

  3. During the birth she was given gas and air .

    她分娩时用了麻醉混合气体。

  4. 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。

  5. Please state your date and place of birth .

    请说明你的出生日期和地点。

  6. Some women have a terror of losing control in the birth process .

    有些妇女惧怕在分娩过程中失去控制。

  7. Her mother had just given birth to another child , her fifth .

    她的母亲刚又生了孩子,她的第五个孩子。

  8. Please indicate your sex and date of birth below .

    请在下面写明你的性别和出生日期。

  9. After the war there was a bulge in the birth rate .

    战后出生率一度激增。

  10. Mary gave birth to a healthy baby girl .

    玛丽生了个健康的女婴。

  11. Several factors have been adduced to explain the fall in the birth rate .

    有几个因素已被援引来说明出生率降低的原因。

  12. Some mothers choose to have an epidural when giving birth .

    有的母亲分娩时选择硬膜外麻醉。

  13. Women who smoke risk giving birth to underweight babies .

    抽烟的妇女生出的婴孩可能会体重不足。

  14. The birth of their first child marked the beginning of a new era in their married life .

    第一个孩子的出世使他们的婚姻生活开始了一个新阶段。

  15. She married at 17 and gave birth to her first child shortly thereafter .

    她17岁结婚,之后不久便生了第一个孩子。

  16. 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。

  17. The birth of her son was a minor interruption to her career .

    她儿子的出生对她的事业造成一个小小的中断。

  18. She 's Italian by birth but is now an Australian citizen .

    她生于意大利,但现在是澳大利亚公民。

  19. Mark has been blind from birth .

    马克先天失明。

  20. She died shortly after giving birth .

    她生下孩子后不久便死了。

  21. He 's German by birth .

    他是德国血统的。

  22. The baby weighed three kilos at birth .

    婴儿出生时体重为三公斤。

  23. The puppies were parted from their mother at birth .

    小狗崽儿一出生就和它们的妈妈分开了。

  24. She was overjoyed at the birth of her daughter .

    女儿的出生使她高兴不已。

  25. Announcements of births , marriages and deaths appear in some newspapers .

    有些报纸刊登出生、结婚、死亡通告。

  26. The pill is the most efficient method of birth control .

    服用避孕药是最有效的避孕方法。

  27. Condoms are an effective method of birth control if used with care

    如果使用得当,避孕套是很有效的避孕手段。

  28. She 's due to give birth at any moment .

    她随时可能分娩。

  29. The European country with the highest birth rate is Ireland

    人口出生率最高的欧洲国家是爱尔兰。

  30. I 'd been dreading that the birth would take a long time .

    我一直十分担心分娩会花很长时间。

birth delivery labour 【导航词义:分娩】
birth v. 出生,分娩
〔辨析〕

强调婴儿出生的那一刻。

〔例证〕

date/place/time of birth

出生日期/地点/时间

The baby girl weighed only 2 kilos at birth.

那个女婴出生时只有两公斤重。

delivery v. 生产,分娩
〔辨析〕

主要指分娩的过程。

〔例证〕

The mother had an easy delivery.

那位母亲顺产。

The young woman had a painless delivery.

那个年轻妇女是无痛分娩。

labour v. 分娩,产程
〔辨析〕

指分娩的过程,和 delivery 基本同义。

〔例证〕

The woman is in labour.

那个妇女处于临产状态。

She went into labour early this morning.

她今天一早就开始分娩了。

  • 词语搭配
  • 习语

birth与以下词性连用

adj.
n.

birth of a baby/child

宝宝/孩子的诞生

birth certificate

出生证明

birth control

节育

birth and death

生与死

birth defect

天生缺陷

birth rate

出生率

date of birth

出生日期

birth of a nation

国家的诞生

prep.

at birth

出生时

before birth

出生前

by birth

出身

v.

give birth

使出生(或诞生)

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。