出生這件事
這一族是字的原型畫面本身：嬰兒出來的那一刻，以及讓它發生的那個動作。
birth (event) · noun · B1
The moment or event when a baby comes out of its mother's body.
出生 / 誕生
核心畫面
Picture the single moment a baby comes out of its mother's body and starts its own life — that first instant of a new living thing in the world. 'Birth' can be thought of as that moment of coming-into-being. From this one image the word stretches two ways: it points back at the act that makes it happen (a mother giving birth), and it lifts off the body to mark the start of anything new — an idea, a country, a movement — being 'born'. It also looks at the family you came out of: where your life began.
可以想成一個嬰兒從母親身體裡出來、開始自己生命的那一瞬間——世界上多了一個新生命的第一刻。birth 可以想成這個「…更多收起
可以想成一個嬰兒從母親身體裡出來、開始自己生命的那一瞬間——世界上多了一個新生命的第一刻。birth 可以想成這個「開始存在」的瞬間。從這個畫面，字往兩邊延伸：一邊回頭指向讓它發生的動作（母親生下孩子），一邊離開身體、用來標記任何新事物的開始——一個想法、一個國家、一場運動的「誕生」。它也回頭看你是從哪個家庭出來的：你的生命起點。Three branches
新事物的開端
把「一個生命開始存在」這個畫面從嬰兒搬到抽象的東西上：一個想法、一個國家、一個產業第一次出現，就像它「出生」了。
origin, beginning · noun · B1
The point where something new first comes into being.
誕生 / 開端
出身與門第
回頭看出生那一刻的「來處」：你是從哪個家庭、哪個國家、哪個階層出來的——這個起點決定了你的出身。
birth, social origin · noun · B1
The family, country, or social position someone has because of where they were born.
出身 / 門第
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
birthnoun詞源 1/bɜːθ/
- 1
The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.
- 2
An instance of childbirth.
- Intersex babies account for roughly one per cent of all births.
- In Greece a child was given its name on the seventh or tenth day after birth.
- 3
A beginning or start; a point of origin.
- the birth of an empire
- 4
The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
- He was of noble birth, but fortune had not favored him.
- without reference to birth, but solely for their qualifications
- 5
That which is born.
- That poets are far rarer births than kings.
- Others hatch their eggs and tend the birth till it is able to shift for itself.
birthadj詞源 1/bɜːθ/
- 1
A familial relationship established by childbirth.
- Her birth father left when she was a baby; she was raised by her mother and stepfather.
birthverb詞源 2/bɜːθ/
- 1
To bear or give birth to (a child).
- I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies!
- Kelly: Is it true we have a pod containing a baby krogan down in the cargo hold? Shepard: Not a baby. He's a full-grown super soldier ready for combat. Kelly: Please be careful if you decide to... err... birth him? His personality is completely unknown.
- 2
To produce, give rise to.
- Biological evolution created a human mind that enabled cultural evolution, which now outpaces and outclasses the force that birthed it.
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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。