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birthday

英 ['bɜːθdeɪ] 美 ['bɝθde]

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解释

n. 生日，诞辰；诞生的日子

※ 提供单词"birthday"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

英文词源

birthday (n.): late 14c., from Old English byrddæg, "anniversary celebration of someone's birth" (at first usually a king or saint); see birth (n.) + day. Meaning "day on which one is born" is from 1570s. Birthnight is attested from 1620s.

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例句和用法

1. I might buy one for a friend's birthday as a giggle.: 我可能会买一件送给朋友当生日礼物，逗他开心。

2. Her children had the best, most elaborate birthday parties in the neighborhood.: 她的孩子们的生日聚会在街坊四邻里是最好、最讲究的。

3. He was knighted in the Queen's birthday honours list in June 1988.: 他于1988年6月被封为爵士，是女王生日宴会上的受勋者之一。

4. He died two days shy of his 95th birthday.: 他在离95岁寿辰仅差两天时去世了。

5. He asked his daughter what she would like for her birthday.: 他问女儿过生日想要什么。