时间: 2025-04-21 04:21:11
美: [bɝθ]
英: [bɜːθ]
n. 出生;血统,出身;起源
最后更新时间:2025-04-21 04:21:11
词源分析:该单词源自古英语“byrþ”,与古德语中的“burð”相关,表示“怀孕”或“生产”。它没有前缀,后缀“th”是一个常见的名词后缀。
历史背景:该词在英语中至少可以追溯到公元前10世纪,最早的文献记载可以在《贝奥武夫》中找到。
课本:该词通常出现在儿童英语教材和生物学教材中,适合小学阶段(如牛津英语教材)以及初中生物学的学*。
正式与非正式语境:
特殊场合:在医学领域,讨论分娩时的情况,如“natural birth”(自然分娩)或“birth complications”(分娩并发症)。
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通过以上分析,希望能帮助学*者更好地理解和运用“birth”这个单词。
[N-VAR] When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or her birth. 出生
例:It was the birth of his grandchildren that gave him greatest pleasure.是孙儿孙女们的降生给了他最大的欢乐。
例:She weighed 5lb 7oz at birth.她出生时重5磅7盎司。
[N-UNCOUNT] You can refer to the beginning or origin of something as its birth. 开始; 起源
例:...the birth of popular democracy.…人民民主的开始
[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
例:...men of low birth.…出身低微的男人们。
[PHRASE] If, for example, you are French by birth, you are French because your parents are French, or because you were born in France. 在血统上
例:Sadrudin was an Iranian by birth.萨德鲁丁在血统上是伊朗人。
[PHRASE] When a woman gives birth, she produces a baby from her body. 分娩
例:She's just given birth to a baby girl.她刚刚生下一个女婴。
[PHRASE] To give birth to something such as an idea means to cause it to start to exist. 使产生
例:In 1980, strikes at the Lenin shipyards gave birth to the Solidarity trade union.1980年,列宁造船厂的罢工导致团结工会的建立。
[PHRASE] The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born. 出生地
例:He left the town of his birth five years later for Australia.他5年后离开故乡去了澳大利亚。