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birth /bɜːθ/ n. | vt. | vi. | phr. I n. 1. 出生 the day of one's birth 出生的日子 The baby weighed 7 pounds at birth. 婴儿生下来时重7磅。 a child sickly from birth 生下来就多病的孩子 a birth deformity 胎里带来的残疾 The city's deaths are exceeding births. 这个城市的死亡人数正超过出生人数。 2. 分娩 a difficult birth 难产 Pigs often have twelve or thirteen young at a birth. 猪每胎常产仔十二三只。 3. 血统;出身 a man of Grecian birth 希腊血统的男子 a man of noble (或 high) birth 出身高贵的男子 be unequal in birth 门第不相当 4. 高贵的出身 a man of birth 出身高贵的男子 5. 起源;根源 the birth of the earth 地球的起源 the country of one's birth (或 one's country of birth) 祖国 6. 〈古〉孩子,子孙;仔,崽
II ❶ vt. 1. 〈美方〉生(孩子) the night his mother birthed him 他母亲生他的那一天夜里 2. 产生,使诞生 The plan for UNO was birthed at Dumbarton Oaks. 建立联合国组织的计划诞生于敦巴顿橡树园。 birth a book 使一本书问世 The book birthed itself very slowly. 这本书的完成过程很缓慢。 ❷ vi. 〈美方〉分娩;产仔 [<ME birthe, burde<OE byrde, gebyrde<beran to bear] phr. birth and breeding 良好的出身和教养 a gentleman by birth and breeding 有身份有教养的绅士 by birth 1. 在血统上 He is British by birth although he was born in France. 他虽然生在法国,但他的父母是英国人。2. 生来,天生 an actor (artist) by birth 天生的演员(艺术家) give birth 生孩子;产仔 Here nobody gives birth at home. 这里没人在家分娩。(指皆入产院) give birth to 1. 生 (孩子);产 (仔)The cat gave birth to five kittens. 这只猫生了5只小猫。2. 产生;引起 give birth to a dispute 引起一场争吵 |