birth/birthday/birthright

birth /bə:θ/ n.［u］ &［c］ 1.分娩；出生；出身；诞生：the date of one’s birth 出生年月日(比较：birthday生日)：one’s birth certificate 某人的出生证；the land of one’s birth 某人的出生地；the birth rate 出生率；birth-place 出生地；birth control 节制生育at birth 在出生时： She weighed 8 pounds at birth. 她出生时重八磅。(比较：at a birth 一胎生…：Cats sometimes have four or five young at a birth. 猫有时一胎生4只或5只小猫。) by birth 在出生上： He was a Swede by birth and a German by education.他出生在瑞典，接受的是德国教育。from birth (从)出生以来：She has been blind from birth. 她一生下来就是盲人。give birth to 生出，产生：She gave birth to a fine healthy baby. 她生了个很健康的孩子。of …birth 出身：He was a man of humble birth. 他出身卑贱。2.起源，根源：This spring gives birth to a river. 此泉是一条大河的源头。European civilization first had its birth in these lands. 欧洲文明起源于这些国家。

birthday n. ［c］生日：celebrate one’s birthday 庆祝生日；a birthday cake (present) 生日蛋糕(礼物) I wish you many happy returns of your birthday. (生日贺辞)祝你长命百岁。

birthplace n. ［c］ 出生地；出生的房子；故乡：I was born in the countryside. I often go to the birthplace.我生在农村，我经常到我出生的地方去。

birthright /ˈbə:θrait/ n. [u] 与生俱来的权利；天赋人权：She saw a liberal education as the birthright of every child. 她认为接受普通教育是每个孩子的最基本权利。