birthing

1. [U]出生,分娩,生育 emergence of young from the mother's body; being born or bearing young
2. [C]起源 coming into existence; beginning
3. [U]门第,出身 family origin; descent

• announce birth宣布诞生
• celebrate the birth of庆祝…的诞生
• give birth生,引起
• register birth登记出生
• value birth看重出身

• difficult birth难产
• multiple birth多胎产
• new birth新生

• birth certificate出生证
• birth control避孕
• birth pill避孕丸

• at birth在出生时
• by birth在血统上
• from birth出生以来

give birth生孩子；产仔

at birth生下来时

birth control避孕；节育

birth weight出生体重；初生重

date of birth出生日期

birth rate出生率

by birth adv. 生来；在血统上

birth certificate出生证明

new birth[神学]重生，新生

birth date出生日期

birth place出生地点；籍贯

birth defect 天生缺陷（等于congenital defect）

caesarean birth[医]剖腹产

place of birth出生地

premature birth早产

birth order出生顺序

birth canal产道

of noble birth贵族出身

virgin birth n. [宗]童贞女之子；[动]单性生殖

year of birth出生年份

1. Gestation extends from fertilization to birth.
   妊娠期系指从配种到分娩之间的时间。
2. Many of the women died in child birth in the past.
   在过去，许多妇女死于分娩。
3. My daughter's birth was ecstatic.
   我女儿的出生令人欣喜。
4. By accident of birth she was rich.
   她有幸出生于富裕人家。
5. This painting depicts the birth of Venus.
   这幅画描绘的是维纳斯的诞生。
6. There is a mystique about the birth of a new star.
   一个新明星的诞生总是显得神秘。
7. She is English by birth but French by marriage.
   她是英国血统，但嫁给法国人而入了法国籍。

1. Gestation extends from fertilization to birth.
   妊娠期系指从配种到分娩之间的时间。
2. During the birth she was given gas and air.
   她分娩时用了麻醉混合气体。
3. The era also gave birth to a whole array of new social problems.
   那个时代还产生了一系列新的社会问题。
4. Every dragon gives birth to a St. George who slays it.
   每一条龙都会产生出一个屠龙的圣乔治。