births

英 [bɜːθs]

美 [bɜrθs]

n.  出生; 诞生; 分娩; 创始; 起源; 出身; 门第
birth的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 出生；降生；出世
  When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or herbirth.
  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
• N-UNCOUNT 诞生；产生；出现；起源
  You can refer to the beginning or origin of something as itsbirth.
  1. ...the birth of popular democracy.
     人民民主的诞生
• N-UNCOUNT 出身；家世；门第
  Some people talk about a person'sbirthwhen 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。
• See also:date of birthhome birth
• PHRASE 在血统上；生来
  If, for example, you are Frenchby 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。
• PHRASE 生（孩子）；分娩；生育
  When a womangives 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。
• PHRASE 使产生；使诞生
  Togive birth tosomething 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。
• 出生的（地方）
  The country, town, or villageofyourbirthis the place where you were born.

双语例句

• Closely-spaced and ill-timed pregnancies and births also place babies and children at greater risk of dying or poor development.
  怀孕和分娩的间隔太近和不合时宜也会使婴幼儿面临更大的死亡和发育不良危险。
• I am now11 weeks pregnant, and12 weeks is to go to hospital births seized it?
  我现在怀孕11个周了，是到12个周就去医院做产检了吗？
• This initiative helped improve registration of births and deaths at the subdistrict level.
  这一举措帮助改善了街道一级的出生和死亡登记。
• The parish register of births, marriages, and deaths.
  教区记载出生、结婚及死亡的登记簿。
• Through a survey of recent births we counted all midwives practising in the two study districts.
  通过调查最近的婴儿出生情况，计算了这两个研究地区从业助产士总数。
• The rates of growth of births and deaths will depend a number of factors.
  增长率、出生率和死亡率都决定于若干因素。
• This dramatic increase in single-parent families is largely accounted for by divorce and out-of-wedlock births.
  单亲家庭的这种戏剧性的增加主要是由于离婚和未婚生育造成的。
• In Nicaragua, remittances significantly improved the likelihood of doctor-assisted births, a big factor in reducing maternal mortality.
  在尼加拉瓜，汇款极大提高了医生助产的可能性，这是降低母亲死亡率的一个重要因素。
• Many barriers prevent people from registering births and deaths.
  许多因素阻碍人们进行出生和死亡登记。
• A large Bible with pages to record marriages and births.
  记录婚姻和生子的大圣经。