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IELTS BNC: 1590 COCA: 1499

birth

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Related topics: Birth, Nationality & race
birth /bɜːθ $ bɜːrθ/ ●●● S2 W2 noun   → berth
1  give birth (to somebody) MBif a woman gives birth, she produces a baby from her body 生孩子；生下（某人）
 Patsy was celebrating last night after giving birth to twins.
帕齐生下一对双胞胎，昨天晚上在庆祝。
Examples from the Corpus
give birth (to somebody)• Clones of clones are giving birth to other clones.• At 9:40 Claudia gave birth to a nine-pound baby boy.• Earth gave birth to her last and most frightful offspring, a creature more terrible than any that had gone before.• The Birmingham Canal, authorised in 1768, in effect gave birth to a port.• Locklear has just given birth to a daughter.• Two months later she gave birth to a female child who was born with club feet.• These females do not lay eggs; they give birth to young aphids, all of which are females.• Another version has Poseidon raping the Gorgon, Medousa, who gives birth to Persephone.
2  [countableC, uncountableU]MB the time when a baby comes out of its mother’s body 出生；分娩
 Congratulations on the birth of your daughter!
恭喜你生了个女儿！
 He only weighed 2 kilos at birth.
他出生时体重只有两公斤。
 Henry has been blind from birth.
亨利先天失明。
 What’s your date of birth?
你的出生日期是哪一天？
 The exact place of birth is not recorded.
确切的出生地没有记录。
 They believe that the position of the planets at the time of birth determines the fate of the individual.
他们相信，出生时的星象决定了一个人的命运。
 More and more women are choosing to have home births.
越来越多的女性选择在家分娩。
 Smoking in pregnancy has been linked to premature birth.
孕期吸烟已被认为与早产有关联。
 the association between birth weight and blood pressure
出生体重和血压的关系
 The drug was found to cause serious birth defects.
这种药被发现可造成严重的先天缺陷。
3  [singular]BEGINNING the time when something new starts to exist 〔新事物的〕诞生，出现
birth of
 the birth of a nation
一个国家的诞生
 The film gave birth to a TV show of the same name.
这部电影催生了一部同名的电视剧。
► see thesaurus at beginning
4  [uncountableU]SANCOME FROM/ORIGINATE the character, language, social position etc that you have because of the family or country you come from 出身；血统；家世，家系
 a woman of noble birth
一位出身于贵族的女子
French/German etc by birth 法国/德国等血统
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: the time when a baby comes out of its mother’s body
phrases
somebody’s date of birth especially British EnglishBrE, somebody’s birth date especially American EnglishAmE (=the day, month and year you were born)
Please give your name, address, and date of birth.
somebody’s place/country of birth
I wanted to find out my father’s place of birth.
birth +NOUN
birth weight (=a baby’s weight when it is born)
Many factors may affect a baby’s birth weight.
a birth certificate (=an official document showing when and where you were born)
the birth rate (=the number of babies born somewhere)
The country’s birth rate has decreased dramatically.
a birth defect (=something wrong with a baby when it is born)
About 11% of babies have birth defects.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + birth
a premature birth (=when a baby is born before the normal time)
Many babies survive premature births.
a multiple birth (=when a woman has two or more babies at the same time)
The chance of a multiple birth is about 1 in 100 for the average woman.
a home birth (=when a woman gives birth at home, not in a hospital)
I decided I wanted a home birth for my second child.
Examples from the Corpus
birth• Most birds cannot identify their parents at birth and simply follow the first moving object they see.• Childless, they were free, not constrained - constraining - links between birth and death.• It was a very difficult birth.• Two months later she gave birth to a female child who was born with club feet.• In a large sample of adolescents low birth weight was associated with increased prevalence of asthma.• Low birth weight is another measure of the well-being of infants and children.• It's quite common now for fathers to be present at the birth of their babies.• This causes temporary softening of the ligaments in preparation for the birth.• Congratulations on the birth of your daughter!• the birth of a nation• the birth of photography• That your children love you back is nearly as miraculous as their birth.• There have been three births in our family this year.
date of birth• It was in a box and marked with 66-year-old Beryl's name, address and date of birth.• During the 5 minute hearing Mr Yates spoke twice, to confirm his name and date of birth.• You must give your correct date of birth, because in many cases it will affect the validity of your licence.• The databases often contain Social Security numbers, dates of birth and current and prior addresses.• His origins, date of birth, and education are unknown.• They represent a man's date of birth, a driving licence number and an identity number.• Please show date of birth for Junior Championship contenders.• Um, and I need your date of birth.
gave birth to• The era also gave birth to a whole array of new social problems.• The woman later gave birth to a healthy baby in a subsequent pregnancy.• The 35-year-old gave birth to his son a year ago and stood up for her husband during his trial.• Two months later she gave birth to a female child who was born with club feet.• They bought a home in suburban Maryland, and a year later she gave birth to their daughter, Patricia.• And when she gave birth to an eight-pound baby boy the whole family expressed amazement at such a miracle.• A checkered garter snake gave birth to three baby snakes in the ginger belt at the edge of the rain forest.• C., where last month his wife gave birth to their third child.
Origin birth
(1200-1300) Old Norse byrth
birth noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
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IELTS BNC: 1590 COCA: 1499
birth

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + BIRTH | BIRTH + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤live活產◇Better living conditions mean more live births and fewer still births.生活條件改善，活產嬰數會增加，死產嬰數會減少。➤normal正常分娩；順產➤difficult難產➤breech臀位分娩▸➤Caesarean, vaginal剖宮產；陰道分娩➤natural (= without the use of drugs) 自然分娩➤premature, preterm早產▸➤multiple多胎產▸➤illegitimate, out-of-wedlock (NAmE) 非婚生▸➤home, hospital在家中／醫院分娩➤water (= in water) 水中分娩VERB + BIRTH➤give生孩子◇She gave birth to a baby boy.她生了一個小男孩。➤register登記出生➤celebrate慶祝出生◇They recently celebrated the birth of their second daughter.不久前他們慶祝了第二個女兒降生。➤await等待出生◇He was anxiously awaiting the birth of his child.他在焦急地等待孩子出生。➤announce宣佈出生➤attend接生◇A doctor and three midwives attended the birth.一位醫生和 3 名助產士給接生的。BIRTH + NOUN➤certificate出生證明➤records出生記錄➤date出生日期➤place (usually birthplace) 出生地▸➤weight (usually birthweight) 出生體重➤process出生過程➤complications分娩併發症➤defect出生缺陷➤canal產道◇the mother's birth canal母親的產道➤mother生母➤attendant (= person who assists a woman giving birth) 助產士➤partner (= person a woman chooses to be with when giving birth) 分娩伴侶➤plan分娩計劃◇You should prepare a birth plan with your obstetrician.你應該跟你的產科大夫一起制訂一個分娩計劃。➤announcement出生通告▸➤rate出生率◇a low / high birth rate低／高出生率 (see also birth control) PREPOSITION➤at birth出生時◇The baby weighed seven pounds at birth.這個嬰兒出生時體重是 7 磅。➤at a/the birth, during a/the birth在出生的時候／過程中◇The child's father was present at the birth.孩子出生時爸爸在場。➤by birth在出身上◇He was American by birth, but lived in France.他出生在美國，但住在法國。PHRASES➤births, deaths and marriages, births, marriages and deaths出生、死亡和結婚；出生、結婚和死亡◇announcements of births, marriages and deaths出生、結婚和死亡通告➤your date of birth, your place of birth出生日期／地點▸➤of low birth, of noble birth (both old-fashioned) 出身低微／高貴➤the moment of birth出生時刻
IELTS BNC: 1590 COCA: 1499
birth noun
⇨ family 3 (French by birth) ⇨ start (the birth of a new society) ⇨ give birth ⇨ produce
IELTS BNC: 1590 COCA: 1499

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