birthday
英 ['bɜːθdeɪ]
美 ['bɝθde]
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.
双语例句
- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 5. He asked his daughter what she would like for her birthday.
- 他问女儿过生日想要什么。
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