childbirth

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n. 分娩 [医] 分娩, 生产

发音

US /ˈt͡ʃaɪldˌbɝθ/

词形变化

childbirths 复数 childbirths

别名

child birth child-birth

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy; the process by which it happens.

    分娩

    生产

    娩

    不可数

    Near-synonyms: labour, delivery (the moment of emergence)

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

accouchement child-bearing vaginal birth

上位词 4

birth birthing giving birth parturition

部分词 1

delivery

词源

From Middle English childbyrth [and other forms], perhaps a partial calque of Old Norse barnburðr (“childbearing, childbirth”, literally “bairn birth”); equivalent to child + birth. Compare Swedish barnsbörd (“childbirth”), Icelandic barnsburður (“childbirth”).

来源：wiktionary