Word · Frequency #1590
birth
/bɝːθ/
adjective
血缘的；亲生的
核心释义
仅用于名词前，常构成 birth mother（生母）、birth parents（亲生父母）等表达。
Of a familial relationship: established biologically by birth, rather than by adoption or marriage.
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由分娩建立的家庭关系
A familial relationship established by childbirth.
由分娩建立的家庭关系
用法In use
She decided to search for her birth parents.
用法提示：birth 作定语形容词，修饰 parents，表示“有血缘关系的、亲生的”。
He was raised by his birth mother until he was five.
用法提示：birth mother 指“亲生母亲”，birth 用来说明因分娩而建立的母子血缘关系。
They invited their birth father to the family reunion.
用法提示：birth father 指“亲生父亲”，birth 作定语强调家庭中的血缘关系。
birth + [parent]
birth 用在 parent、mother、father 等词前，表示因分娩而有血缘关系的，不能单独作表语。
She decided to contact her birth father.
她决定联系她的生父。
birth + [child]
birth child/children 指亲生的子女，与收养或继子女相对。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- birth mother
- 生母
- She met her birth mother for the first time last year.她去年第一次见到了自己的生母。
- birth father
- 生父
- He tracked down his birth father through an online registry.他通过一个在线登记网站找到了自己的生父。
- birth parents
- 亲生父母
- The adopted girl spent years searching for her birth parents.那个被收养的女孩花了多年时间寻找自己的亲生父母。
- birth family
- 血亲家庭；原生家庭
- He reconnected with his birth family as an adult.他成年后与自己的血亲家庭重新建立了联系。
- birth child
学习提示Learner notes
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