- (abbreviation b.)
to come out of your mother’s body at the beginning of your life 出生；出世 I was born in 1976. 我生于 1976 年。 🔊🔊 He was born in a small village in northern Spain. 他出生于西班牙北部的一个小村庄。 She was born on 7 February 1874. 她于1874年2月7日出生。 The baby was born by Caesarean section on Friday. 婴儿星期五在剖腹产出生。 - born into something
She was born into a very musical family. 她生于音乐之家。 🔊🔊 These children were born into poverty. 这些孩子天生贫穷。 - born of/to somebody
He was born of/to German parents. 他的生身父母是德国人。 - born with something
She was born with a rare heart condition. 她出生时患有罕见的心脏病。 She was born with a weak heart. 她生来就有一个衰弱的心脏。 🔊🔊 - + adj.
Her brother was born blind (= was blind when he was born). 她的哥哥先天性失明。 🔊🔊 - + noun
John Wayne was born Marion Michael Morrison (= that was his name at birth). 约翰 · 韦恩出生时取名马里恩 · 迈克尔 · 莫里森。 🔊🔊
Collocations The ages of lifeThe ages of life 年龄段 Childhood/youth 童年／青年时期 - be born and raised/bred in Oxford; into a wealthy/middle-class family
- have a happy/an unhappy/a tough childhood
有幸福／不幸／艰苦的童年 - grow up in a musical family/in an orphanage/on a farm
成长于音乐之家／孤儿院／农场 - be/grow up an only child (= with no brothers or sisters)
是独生子 - reach/hit/enter/go through adolescence/puberty
进入／经历青春期 - be in your teens/early twenties/mid-twenties/late twenties
十几岁；二十出头；二十五岁左右；将近三十岁 - undergo/experience physical/psychological changes
经历生理／心理变化 - give in to/succumb to/resist peer pressure
屈服于／顶住同辈的压力 - assert your independence/individuality
维护独立／个性
Adulthood 成年 - leave school/university/home
中学／大学毕业；离家 - go out to work (at sixteen)
（16 岁）投身工作 - get/find a job/partner
找到工作／伴侣 - be/get engaged/married
订婚；结婚 - have/get a wife/husband/mortgage/steady job
有妻子／丈夫／按揭贷款／稳定的工作 - settle down and have kids/children/a family
安定下来并生儿育女 - begin/start/launch/build a career (in politics/science/the music industry)
开始（政治／科学／音乐）职业生涯 - prove (to be)/represent/mark/reach a turning point in your life/career
最终成为／代表／标志／达到某人人生／某人职业生涯的转折点 - reach/be well into/settle into middle age
进入／安度中年 - have/suffer/go through a midlife crisis
经历中年危机 - take/consider early retirement
提前退休；考虑提前退休 - approach/announce/enjoy your retirement
临近／宣布／享受退休
Old age 老年 - have/see/spend time with your grandchildren
有孙辈；与孙辈共度时光 - take up/pursue/develop a hobby
开始／追求／培养一种爱好 - get/receive/draw/collect/live on a pension
得到／提取／领取退休金；靠退休金生活 - approach/save for/die from old age
临近晚年；存钱养老；老死 - live to a ripe old age
高寿 - reach the grand old age of 102/23 (often ironic)
活到 102／23 岁高龄（常作反语） - be/become/be getting/be going senile (often ironic)
变得衰老（常作反语） - die (peacefully)/pass away in your sleep/after a brief illness
在睡梦中／患病不久（平静地）离开人世
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesa1She was born into a wealthy family. 她生在有钱人家。 Their child was born with a serious medical problem. 他们的孩子生来就有严重的疾病。 babies who are born to very young mothers 非常年轻的妈妈生的孩子 to be born of noble parents 生于贵族之家
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- prematurely
- into
- of
- to
- …
- be born alive
- be born dead
- be born and bred
- …
(of an idea, an organization, a feeling, etc. 思想、机构、感情等 to start to exist 出现；形成；成立 the city where the protest movement was born 抗议运动发源的城市 - born (out) of something
She acted with a courage born (out) of desperation. 绝望驱使她鼓起勇气，作出行动。
- -born
(in compounds 构成复合词 born in the order, way, place, etc. mentioned 以…的顺序（或方式、地点等）出生的 firstborn 第一个孩子 nobly born 出身贵族 French-born 法国出生的 The part is played by an American-born actress. 这一角色由一个美国出生的女演员扮演。
Word OriginOld English boren, past participle of beran ‘to bear’, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit bharati, Greek pherein, and Latin ferre.
Idioms
be/be born/be made that way
be born to be/do something
born and bred
born and having grown up in a particular place with a particular background and education （在某地）出生长大；受过…熏陶 He was born and bred in Boston. 他生于波士顿，长于波士顿。 🔊🔊 I'm a Londoner, born and bred. 我是个土生土长的伦敦人。 🔊🔊 I was born and bred in Texas. 我生于得克萨斯，长于得克萨斯。
More Like This Alliteration in idiomsAlliteration in idioms- belt and braces
- black and blue
- born and bred
- chalk and cheese
- chop and change
- done and dusted
- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
- short and sweet
- signed and sealed
- spic and span
- through thick and thin
- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane
born with a silver spoon in your mouth
- (saying)
having rich parents 生于富裕之家；出身富裕
in all my born days
not be born yesterday
not know you are born
there’s one born every minute
- (saying)
used to say that somebody is very stupid 总有那种傻瓜
(as/as if) to the manner born
- (formal)
as if something is natural for you and you have done it many times in the past 仿佛天生的；生来就习惯的 She adapted to life on the estate as if to the manner born. 她适应了庄园的生活，好像适应了出生的方式。