birth

noun

1. 出生；诞生；分娩
   the time when a baby is born; the process of being born
   1. The baby weighed three kilos at birth .
      婴儿出生时体重为三公斤。
   2. John was present at the birth of both his children.
      约翰的两个孩子出生时他均在场。
   3. It was a difficult birth.
      那是一次难产。
   4. a hospital/home birth
      在医院里 / 家中的分娩
   5. Mark has been blind from birth .
      马克先天失明。
   6. Please state your date and place of birth .
      请说明你的出生日期和地点。
2. 创始；起源
   the beginning of a new situation, idea, place, etc.
   1. the birth of a new society in South Africa
      南非一个新社会的诞生
3. 出身；门第
   a person's origin or the social position of their family
   1. Anne was French by birth but lived most of her life in Italy.
      安妮在血统上是法国人，但大部分时间住在意大利。
   2. a woman of noble birth
      出身贵族的女子

1. N-VAR 出生；降生；出世
   When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or her birth .
   1. It was the birth of his grandchildren which gave him greatest pleasure...
      孙子孙女的出生给他带来了极大的快乐。
   2. She concealed her pregnancy right up to the moment of birth...
      她隐瞒了自己怀孕的事，直到孩子出世。
   3. She weighed 5lb 7oz at birth.
      她出生时体重是5磅7盎司。
   4. ...premature births.
      早产
2. N-UNCOUNT 诞生；产生；出现；起源
   You can refer to the beginning or origin of something as its birth .
   1. ...the birth of popular democracy.
      人民民主的诞生
3. N-UNCOUNT 出身；家世；门第
   Some people talk about a person's birth when they are referring to the social position of the person's family.
   1. ...men of low birth...
      出身卑微的人
   2. His birth, background and career show that you can make it in this country on merit alone.
      他的出身、背景和职业表明，在这个国家仅凭自己的能力就可以取得成功。
4. See also: date of birth home birth
5. PHRASE 在血统上；生来
   If, for example, you are French by birth, you are French because your parents are French, or because you were born in France.
   1. Sadrudin was an Iranian by birth.
      萨德尔丁是伊朗血统。
6. PHRASE 生（孩子）；分娩；生育
   When a woman gives birth, she produces a baby from her body.
   1. She's just given birth to a baby girl...
      她刚生了一个女孩。
   2. She's due to give birth at any moment.
      她随时可能分娩。
7. PHRASE 使产生；使诞生
   To give birth to something such as an idea means to cause it to start to exist.
   1. In 1980, strikes at the Lenin Shipyards gave birth to the Solidarity trade union.
      1980年，列宁造船厂的罢工致使团结工会得以成立。
8. 出生的（地方）
   The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.

1. The adopted child has the right to see his birth certificate.
   被收养的孩子有权看自己的出生证明。
2. The next letter announced the birth of another boy
   下一封信通知又一个男孩出生了。
3. I had obtained the authentic details about the birth of the organization.
   我已经掌握了有关该组织诞生的可靠的详细资料。
4. It was the birth of his grandchildren which gave him greatest pleasure
   孙子孙女的出生给他带来了极大的快乐。
5. She concealed her pregnancy right up to the moment of birth
   她隐瞒了自己怀孕的事，直到孩子出世。
6. His birth, background and career show that you can make it in this country on merit alone.
   他的出身、背景和职业表明，在这个国家仅凭自己的能力就可以取得成功。
7. Sadrudin was an Iranian by birth.
   萨德尔丁是伊朗血统。
8. She's just given birth to a baby girl
   她刚生了一个女孩。
9. She's due to give birth at any moment.
   她随时可能分娩。
10. In 1980, strikes at the Lenin Shipyards gave birth to the Solidarity trade union.
    1980年，列宁造船厂的罢工致使团结工会得以成立。
11. Her parents were in fact American by birth.
    她的父母在血统上其实是美国人。
12. Maternity services were to be reduced in consequence of falling birth rates.
    由于出生率下降，产科服务会随之削减。
13. The registration form showed his date of birth as August 2, 1979.
    登记表显示他的出生日期是1979年8月2号。
14. His wife gave birth to their first child, and he was ecstatic about it
    妻子生下了他们的第一个孩子，他欣喜若狂。
15. The twins were separated at birth and brought up in entirely different environments.
    那对双胞胎一出生就被分开，在完全不同的环境中被抚养长大。
16. The birth of Christ was the beginning of a major epoch of world history.
    基督诞生是世界历史上一个重要纪元的开端。
17. You will be asked to fill in a form with details of your birth and occupation.
    你将需要填写一张有关生日和职业详情的表格。
18. Premature birth is the main cause of perinatal mortality.
    早产是临产死亡的主要原因。
19. The Prince's destiny was predetermined from the moment of his birth
    从出生的那一刻起，王子的命运就已经被预先决定了。
20. Among its many progeny, the 1944 Education Act gave birth to the modern youth service.
    在1944年通过的《教育法案》的诸多衍生条款中，就包括了现代青年教育服务。
21. We registered his birth
    我们给他进行了出生登记。
22. Three months before birth babies are already responsive to sound.
    在出生前3个月，胎儿就已经对声音有反应了。
23. She gave birth to Annabel just after her seventeenth birthday.
    她17岁生日刚过便生下了安娜贝尔。
24. My wife was sterilized after the birth of her fourth child.
    我妻子生完第4个孩子后做了绝育手术。
25. Mandy subtracted the date of birth from the date of death
    曼迪用去世的日期减去出生的日期。
26. Poverty and illiteracy go together with high birth rates.
    贫困、文盲与高出生率密切相关。
27. She gave birth to a girl last night.
    她昨晚产下一个女孩。
28. She gave birth to a boy.
    她养了个儿子。
29. His wife gave birth to twin girls.
    她妻子生了一对双胞胎女孩。

  birth delivery labour【导航词义：分娩】

  birth n. 出生，分娩

〔辨析〕强调婴儿出生的那一刻。

  delivery n. 生产，分娩

〔辨析〕主要指分娩的过程。

  labour n. 分娩，产程

〔辨析〕指分娩的过程，和 delivery 基本同义。

n.

give birth (to sb/sth)

• 生孩子；产仔
  to produce a baby or young animal
  1. She died shortly after giving birth.
     她生下孩子后不久便死了。
  2. Mary gave birth to a healthy baby girl.
     玛丽生了个健康的女婴。
  3. It was the study of history that gave birth to the social sciences.
     对历史的研究孕育了社会科学。

noun

1. the event of being born
   1. they celebrated the birth of their first child

   Synonym:    nativitynascencynascence

2. a baby born
   1. the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births

3. the process of giving birth

   Synonym:    parturitiongiving birthbirthing

4. the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents

   Synonym:    parentage

5. the time when something begins (especially life)
   1. they divorced after the birth of the child
   2. his election signaled the birth of a new age

verb

1. cause to be born
   1. My wife had twins yesterday!

   Synonym:    give birthdeliverbearhave