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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- birth
[bəːθ]
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1.
noun
[of baby]
[ animal]
出生
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2.
noun
[s]
[fig]
开始
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to give birth (to)
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[+child，animal] 分娩
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3.
noun
[+idea]
促成
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- birth
[bɜːθ]
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1.
n.[c]
[Figurative]
开始，出现，起源
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Their first album gave birth to the british music revival.
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他们的第一张专辑带来了英国音乐的复兴。
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His election signaled the birth of a new age.
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他的当选宣告了一个新时代的到来。
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They divorced after the birth of the child.
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孩子出生后，他们就离婚了。
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2.
n.[u]
出生，诞生，出世
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He returned home, just in time, for the birth of his daughter.
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他回到家，正好赶上他女儿出生。
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They celebrated the birth of their first child.
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他为自己第一个孩子的降生进行了庆祝。
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3.
n.[c]
分娩，生产
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Eight months ago I gave birth to our gorgeous baby daughter.
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8个月前，我生下了我们可爱的宝贝女儿。
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4.
n.[u]
血统，出身
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I have two sets of parents, my adopted parents and my birth parents.
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我有两对父母，分别是我的养父母和亲生父母。
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5.
n.[c]
新生儿，婴儿
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Every new birth in most families is greeted with the greatest excitement.
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大部分家庭都会以最兴奋的状态来迎接新生儿。
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The overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births.
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新生儿中唐氏综合症的总体发病率是八百分之一。
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6.
verb
[Dialect]
生（孩子），分娩
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He stood back and just watched as she birthed her baby without fuss or noise.
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他往后站，只是看着她生孩子，没有慌乱或吵闹。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- birth
[b3ːθ]
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1.
n
the process of bearing young; parturition; childbirth
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2.
n
the act or fact of being born; nativity
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3.
n
the coming into existence of something; origin
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4.
n
ancestry; lineage
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of high birth
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5.
n
noble ancestry
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a man of birth
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6.
n
natural or inherited talent
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an artist by birth
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7.
n
[Archaic]
the offspring or young born at a particular time or of a particular mother
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8.
vt.
[tr]
[rare]
to bear or bring forth (a child)
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9.
vt.
[Etymology]
C12: from Old Norse byrth; related to Gothic gabaurths, Old Swedish byrdh, Old High German berd child; see bear1, bairn
Examples
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a man of birth
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一个出身高贵的人
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an actor by birth
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一个天生的演员
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My mom told me that she weighed four kilograms at birth.
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妈妈告诉我，她刚出生时有四公斤重。
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I was present at the birth of Michael; something I believe every husband should be.
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我亲眼看着迈克尔出生，我相信这是每个丈夫都应该做的。
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I need my birth certificate but don't remember where I put it.
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我要用我的出生证明，但忘记把它放在哪里了。
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