birth a child
collocation生孩子；分娩
She birthed her first child at home.
她在家里生下了她的第一个孩子。
分娩；生育
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分娩；生育
To give birth to a child.
My cousin birthed a healthy baby girl at the local clinic after twelve hours of labor.
我表妹在当地的诊所经历了十二小时的分娩，生下了一个健康的女婴。
生育或分娩(孩子)
To bear or give birth to (a child).
产生,引起
To produce, give rise to.
birth
Base
原形
births
3rd person
第三人称单数
birthing
-ing
现在分词
birthed
Past
过去式
birthed
Past participle
过去分词
The cow births a calf each year.
这头母牛每年生一头小牛。
She birthed a son yesterday.
她昨天生了一个儿子。
She is birthing right now.
她现在正在生孩子。
动词，意为'生育'，规则变化。
The shelter's oldest dog birthed a litter of puppies in the yard last night.
收容所里最年长的那只狗昨晚在院子里生了一窝小狗。
She is birthing her third child in France, where her parents can help care for the other two.
她正在法国生她的第三个孩子，她父母可以在那里帮忙照顾另外两个孩子。
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生孩子；分娩
She birthed her first child at home.
她在家里生下了她的第一个孩子。
产犊；生下小牛
The cow birthed a healthy calf this morning.
那头奶牛今天早上产下了一头健康的小牛。
产生一个想法；孕育出想法
The conversation birthed an idea for a new project.
这次对话产生了一个新项目的想法。
开创一个新时代
The invention of the smartphone birthed a new era of communication.
智能手机的发明开创了通信的新时代。
产生，引发
The invention of the internet gave birth to a new era of communication.
互联网的发明开创了通信的新时代。
按照出生，天生地
She is a citizen of the United States by birth.
她生来就是美国公民。
出身高贵的
The knight was of noble birth and treated everyone with respect.
这位骑士出身高贵，对每个人都彬彬有礼。
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联想 birth 与 berth（卧铺）同音：产妇在卧铺上生产，故 birth 作动词意为“生育、产生”。
语域：mixed 常见场景：医疗/产科分娩、动物繁殖、比喻：产生或起源 作为动词，birth 通常不如 give birth to 常用；在医疗或动物繁殖语境中较中性，在比喻用法中多用于书面语或新闻报道。日常口语中更常说 give birth to。
这些词与 birth 同韵：earth、worth、girth、mirth、dearth、berth 的元音和尾音都与 /bɝθ/ 相同。注意不要被拼写误导：breath 看起来像 birth，但读作 /brɛθ/；birch 以 /tʃ/ 结尾，读作 /bɝtʃ/。
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