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birth noun ADJECTIVE | VERB + BIRTH | BIRTH + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVElive 活产◆Better living conditions mean more live births and fewer still births.生活条件改善，活产婴数会增加，死产婴数会减少。normal 正常分娩；顺产difficult 难产breech 臀位分娩Caesarean, vaginal 剖宫产；阴道分娩natural (= without the use of drugs) 自然分娩premature, preterm 早产multiple 多胎产illegitimate, out-of-wedlock (NAmE) 非婚生home, hospital 在家中／医院分娩water (= in water) 水中分娩VERB + BIRTHgive 生孩子◆She gave birth to a baby boy.她生了一个小男孩。register 登记出生celebrate 庆祝出生◆They recently celebrated the birth of their second daughter.不久前他们庆祝了第二个女儿降生。await 等待出生◆He was anxiously awaiting the birth of his child.他在焦急地等待孩子出生。announce 宣布出生attend 接生◆A doctor and three midwives attended the birth.一位医生和 3 名助产士给接生的。BIRTH + NOUNcertificate 出生证明records 出生记录date 出生日期place (usually birthplace) 出生地weight (usually birthweight) 出生体重process 出生过程complications 分娩并发症defect 出生缺陷canal 产道◆the mother's birth canal母亲的产道mother 生母attendant (= person who assists a woman giving birth) 助产士partner (= person a woman chooses to be with when giving birth) 分娩伴侣plan 分娩计划◆You should prepare a birth plan with your obstetrician.你应该跟你的产科大夫一起制订一个分娩计划。announcement 出生通告rate 出生率◆a low / high birth rate低／高出生率 (see also birth control) PREPOSITIONat birth 出生时◆The baby weighed seven pounds at birth.这个婴儿出生时体重是 7 磅。at a/the birth, during a/the birth 在出生的时候／过程中◆The child's father was present at the birth.孩子出生时爸爸在场。by birth 在出身上◆He was American by birth, but lived in France.他出生在美国，但住在法国。PHRASESbirths, deaths and marriages (NAmE) , births, marriages and deaths 出生、死亡和结婚；出生、结婚和死亡◆announcements of births, marriages and deaths出生、结婚和死亡通告your date of birth, your place of birth 出生日期／地点of low birth, of noble birth (both old-fashioned) 出身低微／高贵the moment of birth 出生时刻 |