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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++born1 ●●● S1 W1 verb 1 be born MBwhen a person or animal is born, they come out of their mother’s body or out of an egg 出生，诞生 Forty lambs were born this spring. 今年春天有40头小羊羔出生。be born in Swift was born in 1667. 斯威夫特生于1667年。be born at Then, most babies were born at home. 那个时候，大多数小孩都在家里出生。be born on I was born on December 15th, 1973. 我生于1973年12月15日。be born into/to/of something (=be born in a particular situation, type of family etc) 出生于某种境况[家庭等] One third of all children are born into single-parent families. 有三分之一的孩子都生于单亲家庭。be born with something (=have a particular disease, type of character etc since birth) 生来就有某种疾病[性格等] Jenny was born with a small hole in her heart. 珍妮生下来心脏就有个小洞。 I was born and raised (=was born and grew up) in Alabama. 我是土生土长的亚拉巴马人。be born blind/deaf etc (=be blind, deaf etc when born) 生来便盲/聋等 a newly-born baby 新生儿，初生婴儿 the queen’s firstborn son 女王的长子be born lucky/unlucky etc (=always be lucky, unlucky etc) 天生幸运/倒霉等Australian/French etc born (=born in or as a citizen of Australia etc) 澳大利亚/法国等出生的 ► Don’t say ‘I born’, ‘I have been born’, or ‘I am born’. Say I was born: I was born in Pakistan.不要说 ‘I born’, ‘I have been born’, 或 ‘I am born’. 而要说 I was born: I was born in Pakistan. 我在巴基斯坦出生。2 start existing 开始存在be born START TO HAPPEN, EXIST ETCsomething that is born starts to exist 产生，出现，形成 the country where the sport of cricket was born 板球运动起源的国家be born (out) of (=as a result of a particular situation) 因为…而成立[产生] The alliance was born of necessity in 1941. 1941年，因为时局需要成立了这个联盟。 Bill spoke with a cynicism born of bitter experience. 比尔说话尖酸刻薄，那是因为他曾经有过痛苦的遭遇。3 born and bred SANCOME FROM/ORIGINATEborn and having grown up in a particular place and having the typical qualities of someone from that place 土生土长 I was born and bred in Liverpool. 我是土生土长的利物浦人。4 be born to do/be something SUITABLEto be very suitable for a particular job, activity etc 天生适合做某事，有成为某类人的天赋 He was born to be a politician. 他天生就是当政治家的材料。5. I wasn’t born yesterday spokenBELIEVE used to tell someone you think is lying to you that you are not stupid enough to believe them 我又不是三岁小孩6. there’s one born every minute spokenSTUPID/NOT INTELLIGENT used to say that someone has been very stupid or easily deceived 总有那种傻瓜7. be born under a lucky/unlucky star ROALUCKYto always have good or bad luck in your life 生来就幸运/不幸，天生走运/倒霉8. be born with a silver spoon in your mouth RICHto be born into a rich family 含着银匙出生，生在富贵人家 → natural-bornborn2 adjective [only before noun] 1 born leader/musician/teacher etc someone who has a strong natural ability to lead, play music etc 天生的领袖/音乐家/教师等 the skill of a born actor 天生的表演技巧2. born loser someone who always seems to have bad things happen to them 永远的失败者，天生的倒霉蛋3. in all your born days old-fashioned used to express surprise or annoyance at something that you have never heard about before 〔用于表示惊讶或恼怒〕这辈子〔闻所未闻〕
Examples from the Corpus
born• This meant Mr Packwood had to bottle feed him every three hours when he was first born.• Mr Waigel is a Bavarian born and bred who has little love for Bonn but none at all for the former Prussian capital.• She left one dead, one born and two crippled for life, one way or the other.• Like rabbits, they are born blind but they do have some very fine body hair.• A newly born child enjoys that status.• I judge you to be a born city person.• The newly born goats were kept in a pen under her bed.• He seemed to be a born leader, someone who inspired confidence and loyalty.• When I read his first essays I knew that he was a born writer.Origin born Old English boren, past participle of beran; → BEAR1born1 verbborn2 adjectiveChinese
they a born, is come when or person animal Corpus
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born1 S1 W2 
verb
1. be born when a person or animal is born, they come out of their mother’s body or out of an egg:
Forty lambs were born this spring.
be born in
Swift was born in 1667.
be born at
Then, most babies were born at home.
be born on
I was born on December 15th, 1973.
be born into/to/of something (=be born in a particular situation, type of family etc)
One third of all children are born into single-parent families.
be born with something (=have a particular disease, type of character etc since birth)
Jenny was born with a small hole in her heart.
I was born and raised (=was born and grew up) in Alabama.
be born blind/deaf etc (=be blind, deaf etc when born)
a newly-born baby
the queen’s firstborn son
be born lucky/unlucky etc (=always be lucky, unlucky etc)
Australian/French etc born (=born in or as a citizen of Australia etc)
► Do not say ‘I born’, ‘I have been born’, or ‘I am born’. Say I was born: I was born in Pakistan.
2. START EXISTING be born something that is born starts to exist:
the country where the sport of cricket was born
be born (out) of (=as a result of a particular situation)
The alliance was born of necessity in 1941.
Bill spoke with a cynicism born of bitter experience.
3. born and bred born and having grown up in a particular place and having the typical qualities of someone from that place:
I was born and bred in Liverpool.
4. be born to do/be something to be very suitable for a particular job, activity etc:
He was born to be a politician.
5. I wasn’t born yesterday spoken used to tell someone you think is lying to you that you are not stupid enough to believe them
6. there’s one born every minute spoken used to say that someone has been very stupid or easily deceived
7. be born under a lucky/unlucky star to always have good or bad luck in your life
8. be born with a silver spoon in your mouth to be born into a rich family ⇨ natural-born
born2 adjective [only before noun]1. born leader/musician/teacher etc someone who has a strong natural ability to lead, play music etc:
the skill of a born actor
2. born loser someone who always seems to have bad things happen to them
3. in all your born days old-fashioned used to express surprise or annoyance at something that you have never heard about before
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verb1. be born when a person or animal is born, they come out of their mother’s body or out of an egg:
be born in
be born at
be born on
be born into/to/of something (=be born in a particular situation, type of family etc)
be born with something (=have a particular disease, type of character etc since birth)
be born blind/deaf etc (=be blind, deaf etc when born)
be born lucky/unlucky etc (=always be lucky, unlucky etc)
Australian/French etc born (=born in or as a citizen of Australia etc)
► Do not say ‘I born’, ‘I have been born’, or ‘I am born’. Say I was born: I was born in Pakistan.
2. START EXISTING be born something that is born starts to exist:
be born (out) of (=as a result of a particular situation)
3. born and bred born and having grown up in a particular place and having the typical qualities of someone from that place:
4. be born to do/be something to be very suitable for a particular job, activity etc:
5. I wasn’t born yesterday spoken used to tell someone you think is lying to you that you are not stupid enough to believe them
6. there’s one born every minute spoken used to say that someone has been very stupid or easily deceived
7. be born under a lucky/unlucky star to always have good or bad luck in your life
8. be born with a silver spoon in your mouth to be born into a rich family ⇨ natural-born
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adjective [only before noun]1. born leader/musician/teacher etc someone who has a strong natural ability to lead, play music etc: 2. born loser someone who always seems to have bad things happen to them
3. in all your born days old-fashioned used to express surprise or annoyance at something that you have never heard about before
Childhood/youth 童年／青年时期
be born and raised/bred in Oxford;be born into a wealthy/middle-class family在牛津出生并长大；在富裕／中产家庭出生 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
活到 102／23 岁高龄（常作反语） be/become/be getting/be going senile( often
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
Childhood/youth 童年／青年时期
be born and raised/bred in Oxford;be born into a wealthy/middle-class family在牛津出生并长大；在富裕／中产家庭出生 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
活到 102／23 岁高龄（常作反语） be/become/be getting/be going senile( often
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