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birth AHD[bûrth] D.J.[bɜːθ]K.K.[bɝθ]n.（名词）- The emergence and separation of offspring from the body of the mother.出生，诞生：胎儿脱离母体而出现
- The act or process of bearing young; parturition:生产，分娩：生产幼子的动作或过程；生产：the mare's second birth.母马的第二胎
- The circumstances or conditions relating to this event, as its time or location:出生环境：出生时的环境或条件，如时间、地点：an incident that took place before my birth; a Bostonian by birth.我出生前发生的一件事；波士顿出生的人
- The set of characteristics or circumstances received from one's ancestors; inheritance:遗传：从祖先传下的特点或环境；遗传：strong-willed by birth; acquired their wealth through birth.生来坚强；出生富有
- Origin; extraction:出身；血统：of Swedish birth; of humble birth.瑞典血统；低微的出身
- Noble or high status:贵族地位或高贵地位：persons of birth.贵族
- A beginning or commencement.See Synonyms at beginning 起源，开始 参见 beginning
v.tr.（及物动词）birthed, birth.ing, births 【多用于美国南部】 - To deliver (a baby).产下（婴儿）
- To bear (a child).生育（孩子）
- Middle English 中古英语
- [probably of Scandinavian origin] * see bher- 1[可能源自斯堪的纳维亚语] * 参见 bher- 1
注释- Until recently, the use ofbirth as a verb meaning "to bear (a child)” has been confined to Southern speech: "Heap o' good it do a woman to birth a mess o' young uns and raise 'em and then have 'em all go off to oncet" (Marjorie K. Rawlings).Recently, however, the nonstandard Southern usage has coincided with widespread usage of verbs derived from nouns, such asparent, network, and microwave. Birth in this new usage is most commonly found in its present participial form and is used as an adjective in the compound birthing room. 以前birth 意为生育（孩子）的动词用法仅限于南方语言： 一个女人生养一大堆孩子，然后他们都一起离开家庭，这对于她来说有很大好处。” （玛乔里·K·罗林斯）。但是最近，这种不标准的南方用法与广泛使用名词作动词的用法相吻合，如作父母，连网络 和 传送微波。 Birth这种新的用法常见于现在分词形式并用于合成词中的形容词 育婴室
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