ADJECTIVE | VERB + BIRTH | BIRTH + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤live活產◇Better living conditions mean more live births and fewer still births.生活條件改善,活產嬰數會增加,死產嬰數會減少。➤normal正常分娩;順產➤difficult難產➤breech臀位分娩▸➤Caesarean, vaginal剖宮產;陰道分娩➤natural (= without the use of drugs)自然分娩➤premature, preterm早產▸➤multiple多胎產▸➤illegitimate, out-of-wedlock (NAmE) 非婚生▸➤home, hospital在家中/醫院分娩➤water (= in water)水中分娩VERB + BIRTH➤give生孩子◇She gave birth to a baby boy.她生了一個小男孩。➤register登記出生➤celebrate慶祝出生◇They recently celebrated the birth of their second daughter.不久前他們慶祝了第二個女兒降生。➤await等待出生◇He was anxiously awaiting the birth of his child.他在焦急地等待孩子出生。➤announce宣佈出生➤attend接生◇A doctor and three midwives attended the birth.一位醫生和 3 名助產士給接生的。BIRTH + NOUN➤certificate出生證明➤records出生記錄➤date出生日期➤place (usually birthplace)出生地▸➤weight (usually birthweight)出生體重➤process出生過程➤complications分娩併發症➤defect出生缺陷➤canal產道◇the mother's birth canal母親的產道➤mother生母➤attendant (= person who assists a woman giving birth)助產士➤partner (= person a woman chooses to be with when giving birth)分娩伴侶➤plan分娩計劃◇You should prepare a birth plan with your obstetrician.你應該跟你的產科大夫一起制訂一個分娩計劃。➤announcement出生通告▸➤rate出生率◇a low / high birth rate低/高出生率(see also birth control)PREPOSITION➤at birth出生時◇The baby weighed seven pounds at birth.這個嬰兒出生時體重是 7 磅。➤at a/the birth, during a/the birth在出生的時候/過程中◇The child's father was present at the birth.孩子出生時爸爸在場。➤by birth在出身上◇He was American by birth, but lived in France.他出生在美國,但住在法國。PHRASES➤births, deaths and marriages, births, marriages and deaths出生、死亡和結婚;出生、結婚和死亡◇announcements of births, marriages and deaths出生、結婚和死亡通告➤your date of birth, your place of birth出生日期/地點▸➤of low birth, of noble birth (bothold-fashioned) 出身低微/高貴➤the moment of birth出生時刻