单词 | birth pangs |
释义 | birth pangs (once / 187609 pages) n WORD FAMILY birth pangs USAGE EXAMPLESMoreover, unlike other nations that celebrate difficult birth pangs, Ireland retains a sense of unfinished business. New York Times(Apr 23, 2016) Those just seemed like the birth pangs of a new American democracy. The Guardian(Mar 15, 2016) Mary is a sign of hope for peoples suffering the birth pangs of justice. Time(Jul 10, 2015) n a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth Syn|Hyper labor pains, labour pains pang a sharp spasm of pain |
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