birth

音标发音

• 英式音标 [bɜːθ]
• 美式音标 [bɝːθ]
• 国际音标 [bɑ:θ]
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基本解释

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

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。

同根派生

• adj性质的同根词

  born：天生的。

  birthing：生育的；生育用的；分娩用的。

• n性质的同根词

  bear：熊。

  birthplace：出生地。

  birthrate：出生率。

• v性质的同根词

  born：出世（bear的过去分词）。

  birthing：出生（birth的ing形式）。

• vi性质的同根词

  bear：承受；结果实。

• vt性质的同根词

  bear：忍受；具有；支撑。

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用法辨析

n. (名词)

• 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”。
• birth多用作不可数名词,偶尔也可用作可数名词。
• birth的复数形式为births,指两个或两个以上孩子的诞生。
• birth后可接of短语表示“出身于…”， birth前不可加定冠词。

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英汉例句

用作名词 (n.)

• He has been dumb from birth.
  他生来就是哑巴。

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词组短语

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• announce birth 宣布诞生
• celebrate the birth of 庆祝…的诞生
• give birth 生孩子；产仔
• register birth 登记出生
• value birth 看重出身

形容词+～

• difficult birth 难产

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• the time when a baby or young animal comes out of its mother's body

柯林斯英英字典

• When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or her birth.
• You can refer to the beginning or origin of something as its birth.
• Some people talk about a person's birth when they are referring to the social position of the person's family.
• &rarrsee also date of birth
• If, for example, you are French by birth, you are French because your parents are French, or because you were born in France.
• When a woman gives birth, she produces a baby from her body.
• To give birth to something such as an idea means to cause it to start to exist.
• The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.

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专业释义

文学

• 出生

  The speed of population increase is slowing down, the birth rate is decreasing and the total fertility rate is reducing.
  人口增长速度的放慢、出生率的下降和总和生育率的降低显示了人们生育行为的变化，同时也说明了人们生育观念的改变，特别是乡村居民生育观念的改变。

• 发生

  The birth and growth of Chinese classical novels has a far-flung process. After developing from the "fiction" in the pre-Qin days to becoming the story of Han, Wei and the Six Dynasties, the concept of novel has great changes.
  中国古典小说的产生和发展有着漫长的过程,从先秦发展到汉魏六朝,小说的概念发生了巨大的变化。

  生物学

• 生产
• 分娩

哲学

• 发生

  Mankind has been dealing with nature ever since his birth.
  自从有了人类,人就与自然发生关系。

• 出生

  The second chapter attempts to think about the life-world from the double directions of birth and death.
  第二章尝试着一反由死亡的单一角度,从出生和死亡的双向角度来思生活世界。

  心理学

• 分娩