childbirth

noun
🔊/ˈtʃaɪldbɜːθ/
🔊/ˈtʃaɪldbɜːrθ/
[uncountable]
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  1. the process of giving birth to a baby分娩;生孩子
    • pregnancy and childbirth怀孕及分娩
    • She dreaded the pain of childbirth.她害怕生孩子的疼痛。
    • in childbirth His wife died in childbirth.他妻子生孩子的时候死了。🔊🔊
    Topics Life stagesb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • natural
    verb + childbirth
    • die in
    childbirth + noun
    • educator
    • class
    phrases
    • the pain of childbirth
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