birth

英 [bɜːθ] 美 [bɜːrθ]

• n. 分娩；出生；诞生；血统
• v. 分娩；产生
• adj. 有血亲关系的

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]出生,分娩,生育

   emergence of young from the mother's body; being born or bearing young

2. [C]起源

   coming into existence; beginning

3. [U]门第,出身

   family origin; descent

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 出生，诞生，降生，出世，临产
2. 分娩，生产
3. 出身；血统；家世；门第；家系
4. 起源，开始，产生，发生
5. 产物；产儿

v. 动词

1. 生，分娩
2. 产生
3. 生产，生子

英英释义

Noun:

1. the time when something begins (especially life);

   "they divorced after the birth of the child"
   "his election signaled the birth of a new age"
   

2. the event of being born;

   "they celebrated the birth of their first child"
   

3. the process of giving birth

4. the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents

5. a baby born; an offspring;

   "the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births"
   

Verb:

1. cause to be born;

   "My wife had twins yesterday!"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Gestation extends from fertilization to birth.
   妊娠期系指从配种到分娩之间的时间。
2. Many of the women died in child birth in the past.
   在过去，许多妇女死于分娩。
3. My daughter's birth was ecstatic.
   我女儿的出生令人欣喜。
4. By accident of birth she was rich.
   她有幸出生于富裕人家。
5. This painting depicts the birth of Venus.
   这幅画描绘的是维纳斯的诞生。
6. There is a mystique about the birth of a new star.
   一个新明星的诞生总是显得神秘。
7. She is English by birth but French by marriage.
   她是英国血统，但嫁给法国人而入了法国籍。

用作动词 (v.)

1. Gestation extends from fertilization to birth.
   妊娠期系指从配种到分娩之间的时间。
2. During the birth she was given gas and air.
   她分娩时用了麻醉混合气体。
3. The era also gave birth to a whole array of new social problems.
   那个时代还产生了一系列新的社会问题。
4. Every dragon gives birth to a St. George who slays it.
   每一条龙都会产生出一个屠龙的圣乔治。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. He has been dumb from birth.
   他生来就是哑巴。
2. The father was present at the birth.
   婴儿出世时,其父亲在场。
3. The baby weighed seven pounds at birth.
   婴儿出生时重7磅。
4. The child's birth occurred at 2 p.m..
   这孩子是下午2时出生的。
5. It was in Asia that the world's greatest cultures had their birth.
   世界上最伟大的文化都起源于亚洲。
6. She is English by birth but French by marriage.
   她是英国血统,但嫁给了法国人而加入了法国国籍。
7. He valued birth above accomplishments.
   他把出身看得重于才能。

经典引文

• The birth of an heir by his beloved sister.

  出自： Henry Fielding

• Mine by right, from birth till death.

  出自： Tennyson

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

give birth to

生,引起,产生 bear; cause

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• announce birth 宣布诞生
• celebrate the birth of 庆祝…的诞生
• give birth 生,引起
• register birth 登记出生
• value birth 看重出身

形容词+～

• difficult birth 难产
• multiple birth 多胎产
• new birth 新生

～+名词

• birth certificate 出生证
• birth control 避孕
• birth pill 避孕丸

介词+～

• at birth 在出生时
• by birth 在血统上
• from birth 出生以来

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. birth的基本意思是“出生,分娩,生育”,指一个新生命的诞生。引申可指一件事情的最初形成,即“起源”,或指一个人的背景及家庭状况,即“门第,出身”。
2. birth多用作不可数名词,偶尔也可用作可数名词。
3. birth的复数形式为births,指两个或两个以上孩子的诞生。
4. birth后可接of短语表示“出身于…”， birth前不可加定冠词。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 那天晚上报告说有三个婴儿诞生了。

   误 The births of three boys were reported that night.

   误 Three boys' births were reported that night.

   正 Three births were reported that night.

   析 birth的复数births可以表示两个或两个以上的孩子出生,但用在介词of前面或用在名词所有格的后面时则用单数形式。

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古英语的beran，意为分娩。

近反义词

【近义词】

• appearance
• coming
• creation

【反义词】

• death
• passing