名詞 birth:

1. the time when something begins (especially life)
2. the event of being born
   同義詞：nativity, nascency, nascence
3. the process of giving birth
   同義詞：parturition, giving birth, birthing
4. the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
   同義詞：parentage

動詞 birth:

1. cause to be born
   同義詞：give birth, deliver, bear, have

1. He is a man of noble birth.
   他出身貴族。
2. The baby weighed seven pounds at birth.
   那嬰兒出生時重七磅。
3. He is French by birth.
   他的父母是法國人。
4. Last year there were many more births than deaths.
   去年的出生人數(shù)大于死亡人數(shù)。
5. She gave birth to a fine healthy baby.
   她生了一個健康漂亮的嬰兒。

birth

n.（名詞）

The emergence and separation of offspring from the body of the mother.
出生，誕生：胎兒脫離母體而出現(xiàn)
The act or process of bearing young; parturition:
生產(chǎn)，分娩：生產(chǎn)幼子的動作或過程；生產(chǎn)：
例句：
the mare`s second birth.
母馬的第二胎

The circumstances or conditions relating to this event, as its time or location:
出生環(huán)境：出生時的環(huán)境或條件，如時間、地點(diǎn)：
例句：
an incident that took place before my birth; a Bostonian by birth.
我出生前發(fā)生的一件事；波士頓出生的人

The set of characteristics or circumstances received from one`s ancestors; inheritance:
遺傳：從祖先傳下的特點(diǎn)或環(huán)境；遺傳：
例句：
strong-willed by birth; acquired their wealth through birth.
生來堅(jiān)強(qiáng)；出生富有

Origin; extraction:
出身；血統(tǒng)：
例句：
of Swedish birth; of humble birth.
瑞典血統(tǒng)；低微的出身

Noble or high status:
貴族地位或高貴地位：
例句：
persons of birth.
貴族

A beginning or commencement.See Synonyms at beginning
起源，開始參見 beginning
v.tr.（及物動詞）
birthed,birth.ing,births 【多用于美國南部】
To deliver (a baby).
產(chǎn)下（嬰兒）
To bear (a child).
生育（孩子）

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
[probably of Scandinavian origin] * see bher-
[可能源自斯堪的納維亞語] *參見 bher-

<注釋>Until recently, the use ofbirth as a verb meaning .to bear (a child). has been confined to Southern speech: .Heap o` good it do a woman to birth a mess o` young uns and raise `em and then have `em all go off to oncet. (Marjorie K. Rawlings).Recently, however, the nonstandard Southern usage has coincided with widespread usage of verbs derived from nouns, such asparent, network, and microwave. Birth in this new usage is most commonly found in its present participial form and is used as an adjective in the compound birthing room.
以前birth 意為生育（孩子）的動詞用法僅限于南方語言： 一個女人生養(yǎng)一大堆孩子，然后他們都一起離開家庭，這對于她來說有很大好處。. （瑪喬里·K·羅林斯）。但是最近，這種不標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的南方用法與廣泛使用名詞作動詞的用法相吻合，如作父母，連網(wǎng)絡(luò) 和 傳送微波。 Birth這種新的用法常見于現(xiàn)在分詞形式并用于合成詞中的形容詞 育嬰室