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birth

英  [bɜːθ]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词

  • births

    1. [C, U 有变体名词] 出生

    When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or her birth.

    双语例句

    例：

    It was the birth of his grandchildren that gave him greatest pleasure.

    是孙儿孙女们的降生给了他最大的欢乐。

    例：

    She weighed 5lb 7oz at birth.

    她出生时重5磅7盎司。

    2. [U 不可数名词] 开始 , 起源

    You can refer to the beginning or origin of something as its birth.

    双语例句

    例：

    the birth of popular democracy.

    人民民主的开始。

    3. [U 不可数名词] 出身

    Some people talk about a person's birth when they are referring to the social position of the person's family.

    双语例句

    例：

    men of low birth.

    出身低微的男人们。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • by birth

    1. 在血统上

    If, for example, you are French by birth, you are French because your parents are French, or because you were born in France.

    双语例句

    例：

    Sadrudin was an Iranian by birth.

    萨德鲁丁在血统上是伊朗人。

  • give birth

    1. 分娩

    When a woman gives birth, she produces a baby from her body.

    双语例句

    例：

    She's just given birth to a baby girl.

    她刚刚生下一个女婴。

  • give birth to

    1. 使产生

    To give birth to something such as an idea means to cause it to start to exist.

    双语例句

    例：

    In 1980, strikes at the Lenin shipyards gave birth to the Solidarity trade union.

    1980年，列宁造船厂的罢工导致团结工会的建立。

  • of one's birth

    1. 出生地

    The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.

    双语例句

    例：

    He left the town of his birth five years later for Australia.

    他5年后离开故乡去了澳大利亚。

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