| 单词 | multiple birth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmultiple birth multiple birth n. the birth of more than one fetus from a single pregnancy; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > childbirth or delivery > multiple birth twinning1573 twin-birth1807 multiple birth1826 1826 Edinb. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 2 366 (heading) Memoir upon multiple or twin births. 1841 Lancet 9 Jan. 549/1 (heading) Statistics of multiple births. 1914 C. W. Gay Princ. & Pract. judging Live-stock ii. 22 In the case of multiple births, as in the sow, considerable time may elapse..between the expulsion of each fœtus. 1957 A. C. Clarke Deep Range ii. i. 14 It was the first time he had ever met a whale with twins, although multiple births were not uncommon. 1971 L. M. Hellman & J. A. Pritchard Williams Obstetr. (ed. 14) xxv. 657 Some marriages appear to have an inordinately high frequency of multiple births. 1996 Economist 17 Aug. 23/2 IVF-assisted conception is likelier to mean more than one bundle of joy—multiple births occur almost a third of the time. < as lemmas |
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