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give birth to sb/sth
后接人或事物，表示‘分娩’或‘产生’。
She gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
她生了一个健康的男婴。
出生；分娩
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出生；分娩
the process of giving birth to a baby or other offspring
She gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
她生了一个健康的男婴。
分娩过程；生命的开始；人类婴儿或其他胎生动物从母体进入环境的过程。
The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.
某事开始的时刻(尤其是生命)
the time when something begins (especially life)
分娩的实例。
An instance of childbirth.
出生的事件
the event of being born
The birth of the internet changed the way we communicate.
互联网的诞生改变了我们的交流方式。
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She announced the birth of her baby with great joy.
她兴奋地宣布了她宝宝的出生。
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The birth of a new idea can lead to innovation.
一个新想法的诞生可以带来创新。
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they divorced after the birth of the child
他们在孩子出生后离婚了
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后接人或事物，表示‘分娩’或‘产生’。
She gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
她生了一个健康的男婴。
常用于描述出生时的状态或数据。
The kitten weighed 100 grams at birth.
这只小猫出生时重100克。
可用于比喻，表示新事物的开始。
The 1990s saw the birth of the internet.
20世纪90年代见证了互联网的诞生。
Not this
She gave birth a baby.
Use this
She gave birth to a baby.
动词短语 'give birth' 必须跟介词 'to' 才能接宾语。
Not this
He was birth in 1990.
Use this
He was born in 1990.
'birth' 是名词，表示出生这一事件；而表示'出生'的状态或被动语态时，应使用动词 bear 的过去分词 'born'。
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分娩；生产
She gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
她生了一个健康的男婴。
避孕；节育
Many women use birth control pills.
许多女性使用避孕药。
出生证明
You need a birth certificate to apply for a passport.
申请护照需要出生证明。
出生率
The birth rate has declined in recent years.
近年来出生率下降了。
出生日期
Please provide your full name and date of birth.
请提供您的全名和出生日期。
产生，引起
The Industrial Revolution gave birth to many new technologies.
工业革命催生了许多新技术。
按出生，天生
She is a French citizen by birth.
她按出生是法国公民。
新生，再生
After the accident, he felt he had a second birth.
事故过后，他感觉自己获得了新生。
他们称之为蓝调的诞生。
The birth of the blues marked a new era in American music.
蓝调的诞生标志着美国音乐的新纪元。
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b像婴儿，irth像大地，出生即婴儿落地。
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Words with /ɝθ/ ending rhyme with 'birth', e.g., earth, worth, girth, mirth. Note that 'berth' sounds identical to 'birth' in many dialects. Words like 'myth' and 'path' share the 'th' spelling but have different vowel sounds (e.g., /mɪθ/, /pæθ/), so they do not rhyme.
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