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单词 birth time
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birth timen.

Brit. /ˈbəːθ tʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈbərθ ˌtaɪm/
Forms: see birth n.1 and time n., int., and conj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: birth n.1, time n.
Etymology: < birth n.1 + time n. Compare earlier birth-tide n. at birth n.1 Compounds 4.Compare Old English gebyrdtīma , early Middle English birdetīme ( < birde n. + time n.; compare discussion at birth n.1):OE Note on Six Ages of World (Hatton 113) in A. S. Napier Wulfstan (1883) 312 An yld is geteald of Adame to Noe.., fifte of þam heregange to Cristes gebyrdtiman, sixte of ures drihtnes gebyrdtide.a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) l. 105 Neddre..Walkeð to ðe water ward, wile ðanne drinken, Oc he speweð or al ðe uenim Ðat in his brest is bred fro his birde-time. Forms that show simplification of the medial consonant cluster and could therefore show either birdetīme or birth time n. are attested earlier than unambiguous forms with medial fricative:c1300 Ministry & Passion of Christ (Laud) (1873) l. 295 Þet oþur buyrtyme þat scholde beo, þo he gan hem þat lere.c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 9131 In enleue hondred ȝer & sixe & þritti al so Of vr louerdes burtime [c1425 Harl. burtyme], deþ com him þus to.
The day or moment of a person's birth; (also) the time at which a mother gives birth or is due to give birth (now rare). Also in extended use: the time at which something was founded or established. Cf. birth-tide n. at birth n.1 Compounds 4.
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the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > day or date on which one is born
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c1330 (?c1280) Conception of Mary (Auch.) f. 67 Holi chirche vnderstode hir burþetime [a1350 Ashm. burtime, c1375 Egerton burþtime] first in þis maner.
c1425 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Harl.) 9 From oure Lorde's burþe time to þe worlde's ende.
a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 207 (MED) Þat was mydwyf to me yn my burthtyme.
a1564 T. Becon Common-pl. Holy Script. in Wks. (1844) 302 If they did perceive in the birth-time that it was a boy.
1747 E. Teft Orinthia's Misc. 84 He..fulfill'd each Prophecy; Birth-time and Place, and Miracles so fam'd.
1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun I. xviii. 207 The birth-time of Christianity.
1913 Mid-Pacific Mag. July 72/2 You must reveal yourself and you must go back to that wife. Her birth time has come.
2018 Star (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 22 June. 12 Researchers found that seven out of ten babies are born outside of the weekday hours of 9am to 5pm—with the most common birth time around 4am.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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