birth
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1. N-VAR When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or her birth. 出生
It was the birth of his grandchildren that gave him greatest pleasure. 是孫兒孫女們的降生給了他最大的歡樂。
She weighed 5lb 7oz at birth. 她出生時重5磅7盎司。
2. N-UNCOUNT You can refer to the beginning or origin of something as its birth. 開始; 起源
...the birth of popular democracy. …人民民主的開始
3. N-UNCOUNT Some people talk about a person's birth when they are referring to the social position of the person's family. 出身
...men of low birth. …出身低微的男人們。
4. →see also date of birth
5. PHRASE If, for example, you are French by birth, you are French because your parents are French, or because you were born in France. 在血統上
Sadrudin was an Iranian by birth. 薩德魯丁在血統上是伊朗人。
6. PHRASE When a woman gives birth, she produces a baby from her body. 分娩
She's just given birth to a baby girl. 她剛剛生下一個女嬰。
7. PHRASE To give birth to something such as an idea means to cause it to start to exist. 使産生
In 1980, strikes at the Lenin shipyards gave birth to the Solidarity trade union. 1980年，列甯造船廠的罷工導致團結工會的建立。
8. PHRASE The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born. 出生地
He left the town of his birth five years later for Australia. 他5年後離開故鄕去了澳大利亞。
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birth /bɜːθ/ (births)
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- I weighed 10 lb at birth.
- Elaine and Ian Gibson proudly announce the birth of their son , John Maurice.
- She's been blind since birth.
- I've filled in the form , but you still need to insert your bank details and date of birth.
- Research has demonstrated that babies can recognize their mother's voice very soon after birth.
the time when a baby or young animal comes out of its mother's body
出生
It was a difficult birth. 那是一次難産。
He weighed eight pounds at birth. 他出生時躰重8磅。
More men are present at the births of their children these days . 現在更多的父親在孩子出生時也在場。
The application form will ask for your country /place of birth (= where you were born ). 申請表上會要求你填寫出生國籍／出生地。
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]
a child that is born
嬰兒
The percentage of live births (= children who are born alive and continue to live ) continues to increase . 嬰兒成活率不斷提高。
Registration of births and deaths became compulsory in 1871. 出生登記和死亡登記於1871年成爲一種強制性的義務。
[ 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]
the position of the family into which you are born , especially its social position
（尤指標志社會地位的）血統，出身
He had received all the advantages of birth (= having been born into a family of a high social class ) and an expensive education . 他出身高貴且接受了良好的教育。
American, Italian, etc. by birth
born in a particular place or having parents of a particular nationality
生於美國（意大利等）
Oscar Wilde was Irish by birth. 奧斯卡·王爾德生於愛爾蘭。
the beginning of something
起源；根源
These asteroids were formed at the birth of the solar system . 這些小行星是在太陽系形成時生成的。
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