[ bə:θ ] n. 1.出生,诞生;生产,分娩。 2.出身,家系;血统;门第,家世。 3.起源,开始。 4.〔古语〕产物,产儿。 短语和例子 the date of one's birth 生日。 A still [difficult] birth 死[难]产。 Five young at a birth 一胎产五仔。 A person of birth [of no birth ] 出身高贵[卑微]的人。 Of Grecian birth 希腊血统。 New birth再生,更生,复活,新生。 Birth is much, but breeding is more. 教养比门第更重要。 Kill the cases at birth 防微杜渐。 The birth of Protestantism 新教的起源。 By birth 1. 血统,出生于。 2. 生来,天生是 (She is French by birth and British by marriage. 她原是法国人,嫁给英国人就入英国籍了。 A musician by birth 天生的音乐家。 Be a Parisian by birth 生在巴黎)。 Give birth to 生,产生,引起,使发生 (give birth to twin girls 生下一对女双胞胎。 Give birth to a controversy 引起一场争论。 This town gave birth to many great men. 该城出了很多伟人)。