childbirth

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈt͡ʃaɪldˌbɝθ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy; the process by which it happens. uncountable,usually
    — Near-synonyms: labour, delivery (the moment of emergence)

词形变化

childbirths plural child-birth alternative

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”).
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