birthright
名词 n.
英 /ˈbɜːθ.ɹaɪt/
美 /ˈbɝθ.ɹaɪt/
英文释义
名词 n.
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Something a person is entitled to due to the circumstances of their birth, such as an inheritance or citizenship.
— Not only has suburban life separated the great concentrated masses of our people from their birthright of meadows, fields and woods; of Nature, in her untamed splendour and mystery, most of them have never had so much as a momentary glimpse.
词形变化
词源
From birth + right. Compare West Frisian berterjocht (“birthright”), Dutch geboorterecht (“birthright”), German Geburtsrecht (“birthright”). Compare also Icelandic frumburðarréttur (“birthright”).
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