birth tHr /b3:0; AMwfb3:r0/

1 [U, C] the time when a baby is born; the process of being born 出生；诞生；分娩：77ie baby weighed three fciZos at birth.婴儿出—：分择重为三公斤。◊ John was present at the birth q/botfi his chiidren.约翰的两个孩子 出生时他均在场。◊ /t was a di；0ku〖t birth. $是一次豳 产。◊ a hospital/home birth在医院里/家中的分娩◊ Mar/c /i〇5 been Wind介om birth•马克先天失明。◊ Please state your date and place birth, ‘命出生.日期

和地点_P 2 [sing.] the beginning of a new situation, idea, place, etc. SlJ 始；起源：the birth of a new society in South A_/hca 南非一个 ii 社会的诞笙 3 [U] a person’s origin or the social position of their family ■出身； 门第：Anne was French by birth but lived most of her 丨y.安妮在血统上是法国人，但大部分时间住 在意大利。◊ a woman o/nob/e birth出身贵族的女子 ITiTOl give 'birth (to sb/sth) to produce a baby or young animal 生孩子；产仔：She died shortly after giving birth•她生下涂手不久便死了。◊ Mary gave birth fo a fteaZthy baby girL 玛丽生了个健康的女奐。◊ (//gwraf/ve) It was the study of history that gave birth to the social sciences.对历史的研究孕育了社会科学。

'birth certificate noun an official document that shows when and where a person was bom 出.生证明 (书）

'birth control noun [U] the practice of controlling the number of children a person has, using various methods of contraception 节育：a reliable method of Wrth controi可靠的节育措施 birth.day 〇■» /.b3:0dei; /VAmf'b3:r0-/ now/i the day in each year which is the same date as the one on which you were bom 生日：Happy Birthday/ 生日快 乐！ ◊ Oliver’s 23th birthday 奥利秦的 13 岁生日 <>a birthday carct/party/presem•生日贺卡 / 聚会 / 礼物 IT»n<l in your 'birthday suit {humorous) not wearing any clothes光着身子；裸体

birth-ing /'b3：0ir)； NAmE 'b3：r0-/ noun [U] the action or process of giving birth 分挽；生产：a birthing pool

分娩池

birth-mark /'b3：ftma:k; NAmE 'b3：r0ma:rk/ noun a red or brown mark on a person’s skin that has been there since they were bom 扁记；胎癒 'birth mother noun the woman who gave birth to a child who has been adopted (被领养的孩子的）生母 'birth partner noun a person whom a woman chooses to be with her when she is giving birth to a baby.(.产 妇挑选的）分娩陪护，陪产者

birth-place /'b3：0pleis; NAmE 'b3：r0-/ noun 1 the house or area where a person was bom, especially a famous person (尤指名人的 > 出生时的住宅，生地2 the place where sth first happened 发源地；发祥地：Hawaii was the birthpiace o/su/^ng.夏M美是冲瘊运动的发源地。 'birth rate noun the number of births every year for every l 000 people in the population of a place 出生率 (某地区每年每1000人中的出生数目afow/high birth rate低/高出生率

birthright /'b3：0rait/ noun a thing that sb has a right to because of the family or country they were born in, or because it is a basic right of all iiumans 与生俱来的故利 (或所有物 >;基本人权：The property is the birthright o/t/ie eidestchiZd.七子享有财产的继承枝。◊ Education is eve/ychiW’s birthright.接受教育是每个孩子的基本权利。 birth-stone /'b3：0st0〇n; NAmE 'b3：r0stoun/ noun a semi-precious stone that is associated with the month of sb’s birth or their sign of the zodiac 诞生石 (表示出生月份或星座的半宝石） birth-weight /'b3：0weit; NAmE 'b3：r0-/ noun [U, c] the recorded weigiit of a baby when it is bom .(婴儿的）： 出生体重

biryani = biriani

bis /bis/ fldv. (/tiws/c 音）（used as an instruction 指示语） again重复

biS'Cllit 〇-w /'biskit/ noun t [C] (6r£) a small flat dry cake for one person, usually sweet, and baked until crisp 饼干：a packet of choc-