1 [C,U] being born; coming out of a mother's body 出生;出世;诞生:
It was a difficult birth.那回是难产。The baby weighed 3 kilos at birth (= when it was born).婴儿出生时重3公斤。What's your date of birth ? (= the date on which you were born)你的出生日期是哪一天?
2 [U] the country you belong to 祖籍:
She's always lived in England but she's German by birth.她一直在英格兰居住,但她是德裔。
3 [sing] the beginning of sth 萌生;开始;起源:
the birth of an idea一个意念的萌生
give birth (to sb) to produce a baby 生产,诞下(婴儿):
She gave birth to her second child at home.她在家中生下她的第二个孩子。
birth/bɝθ; bɜːθ/n 1 give birth if a woman gives birth, she produces a baby from her body 生孩子: +to She's just given birth to twins. 她刚刚生了一对双胞胎。2 [C,U] the time when a baby comes out of its mother's body 出生: at birth (=when someone is born) 出生时 She weighed 3kg at birth. 她出生时体重为三公斤。from/since birth He has been blind from birth. 他先天失明。date of birth especially BrE 【尤英】/birth date especially AmE 【尤美】: What's your date of birth? 你的出生日期是什么时候?3 [U] someone's family origin 出身﹔血统﹔家世﹐家系: by birth Her father was French by birth. 她的父亲是法国血统。4 birth parent/mother/father someone's birth parent is their real mother or father, rather than someone who looked after them or ADOPTED them 生身父母/生母/生父5 [singular 单数] the time when something new starts to exist〔新事物的〕诞生﹐起源: +of the birth of a nation 一个国家的诞生
birthbirthbirthsnounpronunciationThe word birth sounds like earth.the time when a baby comes out of its mother; being born: the birth of a baby What's your date of birth (= the date when you were born)?give birthto have a baby: My sister gave birth to her second child last week.