BABY1 a baby2 a baby animal3 a baby that is still developing in its mother's body4 when a baby is born5 to have a baby6 to help with the birth of a baby7 having a baby developing in your body8 for or relating to a woman who is going to have a baby9 the period in which a baby is developing inside its mother10 when a baby is not born alive11 methods used to prevent a woman becoming pregnant12 to be able to have babies13 to be unable to have babies14 the process of people or animals producing babiesRELATED WORDSsee alsoCHILDFAMILYFATHERMOTHER1 a baby 婴儿baby /ˈbeɪbi/ [countable noun]a very young child, especially one who has not yet learned to speak or walk 婴儿 Would you mind looking after the baby for us on Saturday afternoon? 星期六下午麻烦你帮我们照顾一下孩子好吗？baby girl/boy a four-day-old baby girl 一个刚出生四天的女婴baby clothes/food/milk etcfor babies 婴儿服装/食品/奶粉等 Let's see if there are any nice baby clothes in the sales. 我们去看看在减价出售的商品中有没有什么好的婴儿服。infant /ˈɪnfənt/ [countable noun]a baby 婴儿 Her parents both died when she was an infant. 她还是婴儿时父母双亡。 There are clear differences in speed of learning between infants at this early stage. 这个阶段的婴儿虽然都还很小，但在学习速度上已有了明显的差别。infant son/daughter The couple have a three-year-old son and an infant daughter. 这对夫妇有个三岁的男孩和一个女婴。infant mortalitythe number of babies that die in a society 婴儿死亡率 There has been a sharp rise in infant mortality since the drought began. 旱灾开始后，婴儿死亡率急剧上升。child /tʃaɪld/ [countable noun]formala baby at the time when it is born or before it is born 【正式】〔出生时的〕婴儿；胎儿 Medical staff, seeing that the child was in danger, decided to perform an operation. 医务人员考虑到胎儿有危险，决定实施剖腹产手术。somebody's first/second etc child Michael and Ronda had their first child last year. 迈克尔和朗达的第一个孩子是去年出生的。 Roberta's second child weighed over four kilos at birth. 罗伯塔的第二胎出生时体重超过4公斤。newborn /ˈnjuːbɔːʳnǁˈnuː-/ [adjective]newborn baby/child/ infanta baby etc that has just been born 新生婴儿/新生儿/初生婴孩 Relatives and friends all wanted to see the newborn baby. 亲戚朋友都想看看那个刚出生的孩子。 Newborn infants spend a lot of time sleeping. 新生婴儿睡觉的时间很长。 The average weight of a newborn baby is about seven pounds. 新生儿的平均体重大约为7磅。newborn [countable noun] It is normal for newborns newborn babies to have very large heads. 新生儿的头非常大，这是正常现象。2 a baby animal 幼小动物young /jʌŋ/ [plural noun]the babies of an animal or bird 幼小动物；幼畜；幼禽 The mother bird's main concern is to provide food for her young. 雌鸟最关心的事是给小鸟找食物。 Kangaroos carry their young in a pouch. 袋鼠把小袋鼠放在育儿袋里带在身边。baby /ˈbeɪbi/ [adjective only before noun]baby animal/rabbit/elephant etca very young animal, rabbit etc - used especially by or to children 幼小的动物/幼兔/幼象等〔尤用于儿语〕 In the zoo there is a small farm where children can look at the baby animals. 动物园里有一个小饲养场，可供孩子们看小动物。 Baby monkeys cling to their mother's backs. 小猴子们会伏在母猴的背上。newborn /ˈnjuːbɔːʳnǁˈnuː-/ [adjective]anewborn animal is one that has just been born 〔动物〕刚出生的 Newborn kittens cannot open their eyes. 刚出生的猫仔睁不开眼。 a mother sheep with her newborn lamb 和初生的小羔羊在一起的母羊litter /ˈlɪtəʳ/ [countable noun]a group of several baby animals that are born at the same time and have the same mother 一窝小动物 The vet asked how many litters the dog had had. 兽医问那条狗生过几窝小狗。 Our cat, Elsie, just had a litter of six kittens. 我们那只叫埃尔茜的猫刚生下一窝六只小猫。3 a baby that is still developing in its mother's body 胎儿unborn child/baby /ˌʌnbɔːʳn ˈtʃaɪld, ˈbeɪbi/ [countable noun] Doctors do not know what the long-term effects of the drug will be on the unborn child. 医生不知道该药物对于未出生的婴儿有何长期影响。 Petra could feel her unborn baby moving inside her. 佩特拉可以感到胎儿在她腹中活动。fetus/foetus /ˈfiːtəs/ [countable noun]Britisha baby that is developing in its mother's body - used especially by doctors 胚胎，胎儿〔尤医生使用〕 By the end of the third month of pregnancy the foetus is a miniature human being. 怀孕满三个月时，胚胎已发育成小小的人形了。 The research focuses on how alcohol may harm the fetus. 这项研究的重点是酒精对胎儿可能造成的伤害。embryo /ˈembriəʊ/ [countable noun]a baby that is in the very early stage of development inside its mother's body 胚胎 When first formed, the embryo is only half a millimetre long. 胚胎最初形成时仅半毫米长。 The government has banned all scientific research using human embryos. 该政府已禁止所有使用人类胚胎的科学研究。4 when a baby is born 婴儿出生be born /biː ˈbɔːʳn/ [verb phrase] Karen's baby was born six weeks early. 卡伦的小孩早了六周出生。 All our children were born in the same hospital. 我们所有的孩子都是在同一家医院里出生的。birth /bɜːʳθ/ [countable/uncountable noun]the fact or process of being born 出生；分娩 It was a very difficult birth. 那是一次难产。 There have been three births in our family this year. 今年我们家中已有三个孩子出生。birth of It's quite common now for fathers to be present at the birth of their babies. 现在，孩子出生时父亲在场是很普遍的事。at birthat the time when someone is born 出生时 Most birds cannot identify their parents at birth and simply follow the first moving object they see. 大部分鸟在出生时都不认得父母，只会跟着它们所看见的第一个会移动的物体走。arrive /əˈraɪv/ [intransitive verb]to be born - use this especially to talk about the time a baby is born 出生〔尤指婴儿出生一刻〕 The baby arrived at five minutes past midnight. 午夜过了五分钟时，孩子出世了。 Has your sister's baby arrived yet? 你姐姐的孩子出生了吗?arrival [uncountable noun] The arrival of our first child brought new joy into our lives. 我们第一个孩子的出世给我们的生活带来了新的喜悦。come along /ˌkʌm əˈlɒŋǁ-əˈlɔːŋ/ [intransitive phrasal verb]a word meaning to be born - use this especially to talk about how the baby's birth affects its parents’ lives 出世〔尤用于谈到孩子的出生如何影响到父母的生活时〕 I was studying to be an accountant, but then the baby came along and I had to give it all up. 当时我正在学习会计，但后来孩子出世了，我不得不放弃学习。 By the time her third child came along, Mrs Jones had strong ideas on how children should be brought up. 第三个孩子出世时，琼斯太太对如何养育孩子已有很明确的看法。5 to have a baby 生小孩have a baby/have twins/have kittens etc /ˌhæv ə ˈbeɪbi/ [verb phrase] Having a baby changes your life completely. 有了孩子会彻底改变一个人的生活。 After my wife had the twins, we were struggling financially for a while. 妻子生下双胞胎后，我们的生活拮据了一阵子。 Our dog had six puppies while we were away on vacation. 我们去度假时，我们的狗生了六只小狗。give birth /ˌgɪv ˈbɜːʳθ/ [verb phrase]to have a baby - use this especially to talk about the actual process of doing this 分娩；生产〔尤指生产的实际过程〕 Zelda was admitted to the hospital at one o'clock, and gave birth two hours later. 泽尔达1点钟住进医院，两小时后便分娩。give birth to a child/daughter etc When Pablo was three, his mother gave birth to a daughter. 巴勃罗三岁时，他母亲又生了一个女儿。become a mother /bɪˌkʌm ə ˈmʌðəʳ/ [verb phrase]to have a baby for the first time 当上母亲，做母亲了 Rachel was looking forward to becoming a mother. 雷切尔当时正盼望着当妈妈。become the mother of a son/twins etc Nine months later she became the mother of a son, who was named George. 九个月后她生下儿子，给他起名叫乔治。childbirth /ˈtʃaɪldbɜːʳθ/ [uncountable noun]the process of giving birth 生产，分娩 Most women have some kind of pain relief during childbirth. 大多数女性在分娩时都会接受某种减轻疼痛的方法。die in childbirthdie while giving birth 生孩子时死去 Samuel's mother died in childbirth, and he was brought up by his aunt. 塞缪尔的母亲死于难产，他是由姑妈扶养成人的。natural childbirthwithout drugs, medical operations etc 自然分娩 Natural childbirth has become more popular over the last 20 years. 在过去20年中，自然分娩愈来愈流行。labourBritish/laborAmerican /ˈleɪbəʳ/ [uncountable noun]the whole process of giving birth, from the time when the baby starts to be pushed out of its mother's body 分娩，生产〔指整个过程〕 When Connie realized that her labor was starting, she quickly phoned both her husband and doctor. 康妮意识到自己快要分娩的时候，马上给丈夫和医生打了电话。in labour Sara was in labor for sixteen hours with our first child. 我们的头胎孩子出生时，萨拉分娩了16小时。go into labourbegin the process of giving birth 开始分娩 One of the horses had gone into labour while the farmer was away. 农场主不在时，其中一匹马开始生产。delivery /dɪˈlɪvəri/ [countable noun]the process of giving birth, especially when the birth is helped by doctors and nurses 分娩〔尤指在医生和护士的帮助下〕 A hospital is usually the best place for a safe delivery. 医院通常是安全分娩的最佳地方。 Meg was recovering from a particularly complicated delivery. 梅格经过了一次特别困难的分娩，正在恢复之中。6 to help with the birth of a baby 帮助产下婴儿deliver /dɪˈlɪvəʳ/ [transitive verb] Our family doctor delivered the baby. 我们的家庭医生给孩子做了接生。 The birth was so quick that my husband had to deliver the baby himself. 孩子的出生来得太快了，我丈夫不得不自己来接生。 Julia's third child had to be delivered by caesarean section. 朱莉娅生第三个孩子时，不得不采用剖腹产。7 having a baby developing in your body 怀孕的pregnant /ˈpregnənt/ [adjective] The health centre provides milk and vitamins for pregnant women. 保健中心为孕妇提供牛奶和维生素。 When our cat was pregnant she looked like a round, furry ball. 我们的猫怀孕时，看上去就像是一个圆鼓鼓、毛绒绒的球。get pregnant We can't stop teens from having sex, but we can help them to avoid getting pregnant. 我们无法阻止青少年有性行为，但我们可帮助她们不致于怀孕。pregnant with somebody When I was pregnant with Mandy, I felt fat and unattractive. 我怀曼迪时，觉得自己又胖又丑。twenty weeks/three months etc pregnant When Janette was three months pregnant, she caught flu. 珍妮特怀孕三个月时得了流感。heavily pregnantBritishwhen the baby is almost ready to be born 【英】怀孕后期的 By this time I was heavily pregnant and could hardly get into any of my clothes. 那时我已经快分娩了，身子重得很，自己所有的衣服几乎都穿不下。be going to have a baby/be having a baby /biː ˌgəʊɪŋ tə hæv ə ˈbeɪbi, biː ˌhævɪŋ ə ˈbeɪbi/ [verb phrase]to have a baby developing in your body - used especially when you are telling someone that you or another person is going to have a baby 要有孩子了；怀孕 Isn't it wonderful that Susie's going to have a baby? 真太好了！苏茜快要有孩子了！ My boss is having a baby in March, but she's only taking two months maternity leave. 我的老板在3月份分娩，但她只休两个月的产假。 The doctor told Ellie that the tests were positive and she was going to have a baby. 医生告诉埃莉，检查结果呈阳性，她怀孕了。be expecting /biː ɪkˈspektɪŋ/ [verb phrase]spoken informalto have a baby developing inside you 【口，非正式】有了身孕 They'd only been married a couple of months and already Rebecca was expecting. 他们结婚刚几个月，丽贝卡便有了身孕。expectant mother /ɪkˌspektənt ˈmʌðəʳ/ [countable noun]a woman who is going to have a baby 孕妇 Expectant mothers are entitled to free healthcare. 孕妇可享有免费保健服务。 Expectant mothers sometimes have cravings for unusual foods. 孕妇有时会很想吃些特别的食物。mother-to-bealsomum-to-beBritish informal /ˌmʌðəʳ tə ˈbiː, ˌmʌm tə ˈbiː/ [countable noun]a woman who is going to have a baby 孕妇 I hear you are now a mother-to-be. 我听说你要当妈妈了。 For first time mothers-to-be, the importance of regular check-ups cannot be stressed enough. 初次怀孕的妇女去作定期检查是非常重要的。8 for or relating to a woman who is going to have a baby 适用于孕妇或与孕妇有关的maternity /məˈtɜːʳnɪti, məˈtɜːʳnəti/ [adjective only before noun]maternity care/ward/ leave etcfor women who are going to have a baby or have just had a baby 孕妇护理/产科病房/产假等 Maternity clothes are more stylish than they used to be. 现在的孕妇装比以前的漂亮。 Most women who take maternity leave look forward to returning to their jobs. 大部分休产假的妇女都盼望回到自己的工作岗位上去。 Which way to the maternity ward? 去产科病房该怎么走？prenatalalsoantenatalBritish /ˌpriːˈneɪtl◂, ˌæntɪˈneɪtl◂/ [adjective only before noun]antenatal classes/clinic/care etcclasses etc that provide special care for women who are going to have a baby 产前指导班/诊所/护理等 Pregnant teenagers often do not want to attend antenatal classes. 怀孕少女通常不想参加孕妇产前指导班。 Towards the end of a pregnancy, doctors recommend more frequent prenatal check-ups. 临近分娩时，医生会建议孕妇作更多的产前检查。9 the period in which a baby is developing inside its mother 胎儿在母体里生长的时期pregnancy /ˈpregnənsi/ [countable/uncountable noun] Many women find their skin is at its best during pregnancy. 许多妇女发现在怀孕期间她们的皮肤状况最好。 This drug should not be taken during pregnancy. 怀孕期内不可服用这种药。 She's had a difficult pregnancy. 她的怀孕期不顺利。gestation period /dʒeˈsteɪʃən ˌpɪəriəd/ [countable noun]the length of time a human or animal baby develops in its mother's body 〔人或动物的〕怀孕期；妊娠期 An elephant's gestation period is almost two years. 大象的妊娠期几乎要两年。10 when a baby is not born alive 胎儿在出生前死去lose the baby /ˌluːz ðə ˈbeɪbi/ [verb phrase] ‘Am I going to lose the baby?’ she asked the doctor. “我肚子里的孩子保不住了吗？”她问医生。 Patricia lost the baby after six months. 帕特里夏六个月后流产了。have a miscarriage /ˌhæv ə ˌmɪsˈkærɪdʒ/ [verb phrase]if a woman has a miscarriage the baby comes out of her body far too early for it to be able to live 流产，小产 She was pregnant during her first marriage, but had a miscarriage. 她在第一次婚姻期间怀过孕，但是流产了。stillborn /ˈstɪlbɔːʳn, ˌstɪlˈbɔːʳn/ [adjective]a baby that isstillborn is born dead but fully developed 死产的 Sadly, the baby was stillborn. 非常遗憾，孩子产下就死了。 Libby had still not recovered from the shock of giving birth to a stillborn child. 孩子生下来就死了，莉比仍未从这打击中恢复过来。be born dead /biː ˌbɔːʳn ˈded/ [verb phrase]if a babyis born dead, it is not alive when it is born 生下来时已经死亡 The doctor told them that there was a danger their baby would be born dead or brain damaged. 医生告诉他们，胎儿生下来可能会是死胎或有脑损伤。abortion /əˈbɔːʳʃən/ [countable/uncountable noun]a medical operation to deliberately end a pregnancy so that the baby is not born alive 人工流产，堕胎 The Catholic Church remains strongly opposed to abortion. 天主教会仍然坚决反对堕胎。have an abortion One of my friends got pregnant when she was fifteen and had an abortion. 我的一个朋友15岁时怀了孕，然后做了人工流产。backstreet abortiona secret illegal abortion by someone who is not trained 非法堕胎 Backstreet abortions left many women unable to have children later. 非法堕胎使许多女性以后不能生育孩子。terminate a pregnancy /ˌtɜːʳmɪneɪt ə ˈpregnənsi, ˌtɜːʳməneɪt ə ˈpregnənsi/ [verb phrase]formalto perform the operation that prevents a baby from being born alive, often because the mother's life is in danger - used especially by doctors 【正式】终止妊娠〔多由于孕妇的性命受到威胁；此短语尤为医生所用〕 Doctors may terminate a pregnancy when the life of the mother is at risk. 当母亲的生命受到威胁时，医生可能会让她终止妊娠。11 methods used to prevent a woman becoming pregnant 避孕方法contraception /ˌkɒntrəˈsepʃənǁˌkɑːn-/ [uncountable noun]methods that are used to prevent a baby starting to develop inside a woman's body when a man and woman have sex 避孕，节制生育 Today there are more women using modern contraception than ever before. 比起过去，现在有更多的女性采用新式的避孕方法。 For advice on contraception, talk to your doctor or local family planning clinic. 要获取有关节育的建议，可以和医生或本地计划生育所的人谈一谈。methods of contraception There are several reliable methods of contraception. 有几种可靠的避孕方法。contraceptive [adjective] Women who take a contraceptive pill and who also smoke cigarettes dramatically increase their chances of heart disease. 女性既服用避孕药又吸烟会大大增加患心脏病的机会。birth control/family planning /ˈbɜːʳθ kənˌtrəʊl, ˌfæməli ˈplænɪŋ/ [uncountable noun]the practice of deliberately controlling the number of babies that are born 节育，计划生育 Government attempts to encourage family planning have failed in many parts of the third world. 在第三世界的许多地区政府鼓励计划生育的尝试都失败了。 a reliable method of birth control 一种可靠的节育方法12 to be able to have babies 能够生育be able to have children /biː ˌeɪbəl tə hæv ˈtʃɪldrən/ [verb phrase]to be physically able to have a baby 能够生育 After the operation will I still be able to have children? 手术之后我还能生育吗？fertile /ˈfɜːtaɪlǁˈfɜːrtl/ [adjective]able to have a baby or be the father of a baby 有生育能力的 While most men remain fertile into old age, women do not. 大部分男性在年老时仍有生育能力，而妇女则没有了。fertility /fəʳˈtɪlɪti, fəʳˈtɪləti/ [uncountable noun] Certain drugs have been found to put women's fertility at risk make them less fertile. 某些药物已被发现会威胁到妇女的生育能力。13 to be unable to have babies 不能生育not able/unable to have children /nɒt ˌeɪbəl, ʌnˌeɪbəl tə hæv ˈtʃɪldrən/ [verb phrase] The doctor told the couple that they were unable to have children. 医生告诉那对夫妇他们不能生育。infertile /ɪnˈfɜːtaɪlǁ-ˈfɜːrtl/ [adjective]unable to have babies - used especially about women 〔尤指女性〕无生育能力的 New medical techniques provide hope for infertile couples. 医学新技术给没有生育能力的夫妇带来了希望。infertility /ˌɪnfəʳˈtɪlɪti, ˌɪnfəʳˈtɪləti/ [uncountable noun] It took Helen a long time to come to terms with her infertility. 过了很久海伦才接受了自己不能生育这个事实。sterile /ˈsteraɪlǁ-rəl/ [adjective]unable to have babies or to be the father of a baby, especially when this is a permanent condition 不能生育的；不育的〔尤指永久性的〕 Susan thought that her illness had made her sterile. 苏珊认为是这场病令她丧失了生育能力。sterility /stəˈrɪlɪti, stəˈrɪləti/ [uncountable noun] Sterility in men seems to be on the increase. 男性不育的人数似乎在增加。14 the process of people or animals producing babies 人类或动物繁衍后代的过程reproduction /ˌriːprəˈdʌkʃən/ [uncountable noun] These insects have two different methods of reproduction. 这些昆虫有两种繁殖方式。 Dr Weiss's research has focused mostly on human reproduction. 韦斯博士的研究主要集中于人类的生殖问题。 Evolution depends absolutely on the survival and reproduction of the species. 进化完全依赖于物种的生存和繁殖。reproduce /ˌriːprəˈdjuːsǁ-ˈduːs/ [intransitive verb]to produce babies - use this especially to talk about the method by which this is done or the rate at which it happens 生殖，繁殖；繁衍〔尤指繁殖方法或速度〕 People have a natural instinct to both reproduce and to care for their young. 人类在生殖和照料幼儿方面都具有一种自然本能。 Jellyfish reproduce by releasing eggs and sperm into the sea. 水母是通过在海水里产卵和射精来繁殖后代的。breed /briːd/ [intransitive verb]if animalsbreed, they produce babies 〔动物〕繁殖；产崽 Rabbits breed very quickly. 兔子繁殖得很快。breeding [uncountable noun] Birds make nests in preparation for breeding. 鸟类筑巢准备产蛋。