单词	childbirth
释义	childbirthchild‧birth /ˈtʃaɪldbɜːθ $ -bɜːrθ/ noun [uncountable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a class on natural childbirth and parenting Most women have some kind of pain relief during childbirth. Natural childbirth has become more popular over the last 20 years. Samuel's mother died in childbirth, and he was brought up by his aunt. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Also patron of childbirth, the falsely accused, midwives, and pregnant women. He took him to the orphanage when his wife died in childbirth. His wife died in childbirth in 1863. Parishioners who were following the performance in their programs knew that she died in childbirth at thirty-three. She was a fine woman, unspoilt by childbirth, her body hardened by fieldwork. So alarming is the frequency of adolescent childbirth that President Clinton recently announced a community-oriented campaign to prevent teen pregnancy. They may be petitioned by men to help with hunting animals, or by women seeking assistance with childbirth or illness. Tough, virgin, Artemis was the Goddess of women in childbirth. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto have a baby► have a baby/have twins/have kittens etc · Having a baby changes your life completely.· After my wife had the twins, we were struggling financially for a while.· Our dog had six puppies while we were away on vacation. ► give birth to have a baby - use this especially to talk about the actual process of doing this: · Zelda was admitted to the hospital at one o'clock, and gave birth two hours later.give birth to a child/daughter etc: · When Pablo was three, his mother gave birth to a daughter. ► become a mother to have a baby for the first time: · Rachel was looking forward to becoming a mother.become the mother of a son/twins etc: · Nine months later she became the mother of a son, who was named George. ► childbirth the process of giving birth: · Most women have some kind of pain relief during childbirth.die in childbirth (=die while giving birth): · Samuel's mother died in childbirth, and he was brought up by his aunt.natural childbirth (=without drugs, medical operations etc): · Natural childbirth has become more popular over the last 20 years. ► labour British /labor American the whole process of giving birth, from the time when the baby starts to be pushed out of its mother's body: · When Connie realized that her labor was starting, she quickly phoned both her husband and doctor.in labour: · Sara was in labor for sixteen hours with our first child.go into labour (=begin the process of giving birth): · One of the horses had gone into labour while the farmer was away. ► delivery the process of giving birth, especially when the birth is helped by doctors and nurses: · A hospital is usually the best place for a safe delivery.· Meg was recovering from a particularly complicated delivery. WORD SETS► Birth afterbirth, nounantenatal, adjectiveartificial insemination, nounbaby blues, nounbarren, adjectivebarrier method, nounbear, verbbirth control, nounbreast-feed, verbbreech birth, nouncaesarean, nouncap, nounchildbearing, nounchildbirth, nounconceive, verbconfinement, nouncontraception, nouncontraction, nounC-section, noundeliver, verbdelivery, noundiaphragm, nounDutch cap, nounembryo, nounembryology, nouneugenics, nounfamily planning, nounfertility, nounfertility drug, nounfertilize, verbfetal, adjectivefetus, nounfoetal position, nounfoetus, nounfull-term, adjectivegestation, noungonad, nounincubator, nouninduce, verbinduction, nouninfant mortality rate, nouninfertile, adjectiveIUD, nounIVF, nounmaternal, adjectivematernity, nounmidwife, nounmidwifery, nounmilk, nounmiscarriage, nounmiscarry, verbmorning-after pill, nounmorning sickness, nounmother-to-be, nounmum-to-be, nounnatal, adjectivenatural, adjectivenatural childbirth, nounneuter, verbnurse, verbobstetrics, nounoral contraceptive, nounoviduct, nounovulate, verbovum, nounperinatal, adjectivepostnatal, adjectivepreemie, nounpregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectivepresentation, nounprocreate, verbproduce, verbquickening, nounreproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverhythm method, nounspay, verbsterile, adjectivesterilize, verbstillbirth, nounstillborn, adjectivestretch mark, nounsurrogate mother, nounswaddle, verbswaddling clothes, nountermination, nountest-tube baby, nountrimester, nounultrasound, nounumbilical cord, noununborn, adjectivewean, verbzygote, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► die in childbirth (=giving birth to a baby)· More women died in childbirth in the past. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► natural · I shall go to antenatal classes where I shall nourish my obsession for natural childbirth. 3.· She is organizing a conference on natural childbirth. VERB► die · When his wife had died, in childbirth, he'd had to give up his married-quarter.· His death came on Christmas Day, 1875, three months after his wife, Margaret, and baby died in childbirth.· Only a century ago, a fair proportion of us would have died in childbirth, or been dubbed dowagers by 40.· Parishioners who were following the performance in their programs knew that she died in childbirth at thirty-three.· He took him to the orphanage when his wife died in childbirth.· His wife had died in childbirth twenty years earlier.· She too, however, bore only girls and then died, in childbirth, in 1160.· She died in childbirth a year later. the act of having a baby → labourin/during/after childbirth His wife died in childbirth.
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