nativity

英 [nəˈtɪvəti]

美 [nəˈtɪvəti]

n.  耶稣降生; 圣诞; 耶稣降生图

BNC.20135 / COCA.23319

牛津词典

noun

• 耶稣降生；圣诞
  the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated by Christians at Christmas
• 耶稣降生图
  a picture or a model of the baby Jesus Christ and the place where he was born

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 耶稣诞生;圣诞
  The Nativityis the birth of Jesus, which is celebrated by Christians at Christmas.
  1. They admired the tableau of the Nativity.
     他们欣赏着耶稣降生的场景造型。
  2. ...the Nativity story.
     耶稣诞辰的故事

英英释义

noun

• the event of being born
  1. they celebrated the birth of their first child
  Synonym:birthnascencynascence

双语例句

• Spoken prayer is forbidden at school graduations, and towns may not use public funds, to display nativity scenes at Christmas.
  学校毕业典礼上禁止出声祈祷，市镇不允许使用公共基金在圣诞节时表演耶稣诞生。
• The celebrations took place outside the ancient Church of the Nativity, where tradition says Jesus was born.
  庆祝活动是在古老的圣诞教堂旁举行，据说，耶稣就是在这里诞生的。
• On the Nativity of social mobilization of fighting against the foreign religion in Modern Hunan
  论湖南近代反洋教社会动员的乡土性
• Tradition requires that the nativity scene be built up over time until Christmas Eve, when baby Jesus is put in the manger as the very last element of the display.
  传统上耶稣诞生实景活动将延续到圣诞节前夕，届时小耶稣的雕像将被放入马槽，作为展示的最后一个项目。
• Sect is only one of many weighting factors to be considered in judging a nativity.
  行星的分类只是众多判断出生图的衡量因素中的一个。
• I serve him from the hour of my nativity to this instant.
  我从出生到现在一直侍奉著他。
• On Christmas Eve all of the electrical lights are turned off while the mayor reads the story of the Nativity to an audience by candlelight in the town square.
  在平安夜，市长在市中心的烛光下，把耶稣诞生的故事读给听众，城里所有的电灯全部关掉。
• And in Bethlehem where workers spend times cleaning up after the midnight mass at the church of Nativity.
  在柏利恒耶稣诞生的教堂中，子夜弥撒之后，员工多次清理该地。
• The feast of the nativity of Mary is celebrated both in the Orthodox and in the Roman Catholic ( and also Anglican) churches on8 September.
  玛丽亚出生的节日在东正教和罗马天主教（也在圣公会）都有庆祝，是在九月八日。
• A man of Irish nativity
  一个生于爱尔兰的人