/bɜ:θ ||; bɝθ/noun1 [C,U] being born; coming out of a mother's body 出生；出世；诞生: It was a difficult birth. 那回是难产。The baby weighed 3 kilos at birth (= when it was born). 婴儿出生时重3公斤。What's your date of birth ? (= the date on which you were born) 你的出生日期是哪一天？
2 [U] the country you belong to 祖籍: She's always lived in England but she's German by birth. 她一直在英格兰居住，但她是德裔。
3 [sing] the beginning of sth 萌生；开始；起源: the birth of an idea 一个意念的萌生
give birth (to sb) to produce a baby 生产，诞下（婴儿）:
She gave birth to her second child at home. 她在家中生下她的第二个孩子。