| 释义 |
birth/bɜ:θ/ n. & v.●n. 1 the emergence of a (usu. fully developed) infant or other young from the body of its mother (通常指充分发育后)出生，分娩 2 literary the beginning or coming into existence of something [文学用语]起源，开始 the birth of civilization 文明的起源； the birth of socialism 社会主义的起源 3a origin, descent, ancestry 家系，出身，血统 of noble birth 出身高贵 b high or noble birth; inherited position 高贵的出生；门第 ●v. tr. N. Amer. colloq. [北美口] 1 (also absol. [亦含宾]) give birth to 分娩(生育) 2 assist (a woman) to give birth 协助(妇女)分娩，生育 □ give birth bear a child etc. 分娩，生育(孩子等) □ give birth to 1 produce (young) from the womb 生下，生出(小孩) 2 cause to begin, found 引起，产生 [Middle English, from Old Norse byrth from Germanic: see BEAR1, -TH2] |