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单词 virgin birth
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Definition of virgin birth in English:

virgin birth

noun
  • 1The doctrine of Christ's birth from a mother, Mary, who was a virgin.

    count noun these voices seem to deny forever the idea of virgin births
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Other than Mary, mother of Jesus, however, few women - whether ‘good’ or ‘bad’ - can boast a virgin birth.
    • We will not go into the difference between the immaculate conception and virgin birth.
    • Matthew and Luke included accounts of Jesus' virgin birth in their Gospels because, as Thomas Cahill says, they were convinced they were true.
    • Thus, the truth of Mary's perpetual virginity is, like the Virgin Birth, essential Catholic belief.
    • At school, like my peers, I was indoctrinated in the mysteries of original and venal sin, virgin birth, the respective criteria for entry to limbo, purgatory, and heaven.
  • 2Zoology
    mass noun Parthenogenesis.

    they produce swarms of young by virgin birth
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was a virgin birth: She hadn't been near a male for six years.
    • The bonnethead shark and bamboo shark are from different families; the bonnethead suspected of a virgin birth gave birth to a live pup, rather than laying eggs as the bamboo shark had.
    • It would be looking at why girls of 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 years of age are having abortions or having children today - and I can tell members they have not had virgin births.
    • These so-called virgin births are common in invertebrates like snails, but are unusual in higher vertebrates.
 
 

Definition of virgin birth in US English:

virgin birth

noun
  • 1the Virgin BirthThe doctrine of Christ's birth from a mother, Mary, who was a virgin.

    count noun these voices seem to deny forever the idea of virgin births
    Example sentencesExamples
    • At school, like my peers, I was indoctrinated in the mysteries of original and venal sin, virgin birth, the respective criteria for entry to limbo, purgatory, and heaven.
    • Matthew and Luke included accounts of Jesus' virgin birth in their Gospels because, as Thomas Cahill says, they were convinced they were true.
    • We will not go into the difference between the immaculate conception and virgin birth.
    • Other than Mary, mother of Jesus, however, few women - whether ‘good’ or ‘bad’ - can boast a virgin birth.
    • Thus, the truth of Mary's perpetual virginity is, like the Virgin Birth, essential Catholic belief.
  • 2Zoology
    Parthenogenesis.

    they produce swarms of young by virgin birth
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The bonnethead shark and bamboo shark are from different families; the bonnethead suspected of a virgin birth gave birth to a live pup, rather than laying eggs as the bamboo shark had.
    • These so-called virgin births are common in invertebrates like snails, but are unusual in higher vertebrates.
    • It was a virgin birth: She hadn't been near a male for six years.
    • It would be looking at why girls of 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 years of age are having abortions or having children today - and I can tell members they have not had virgin births.
 
 
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