born 1 S1 W2 动词

1 be born when a person or animal is born, they come out of their mother’s body or out of an egg :

Forty lambs were born this spring.

be born in

Swift was born in 1667.

be born at

Then, most babies were born at home.

be born on

I was born on December 15th, 1973.

be born into/to/of something (= be born in a particular situation, type of family etc )

One third of all children are born into single-parent families.

be born with something (= have a particular disease, type of character etc since birth )

Jenny was born with a small hole in her heart.

I was born and raised (= was born and grew up ) in Alabama.

be born blind/deaf etc (= be blind, deaf etc when born )

a newly-born baby

the queen’s firstborn son

be born lucky/unlucky etc (= always be lucky, unlucky etc )

Australian/French etc born (= born in or as a citizen of Australia etc ) ► Do not say ‘I born’, ‘I have been born’, or ‘I am born’. Say I was born : I was born in Pakistan.

2 start existing be born something that is born starts to exist :

the country where the sport of cricket was born

be born (out) of (= as a result of a particular situation )

The alliance was born of necessity in 1941.

Bill spoke with a cynicism born of bitter experience.

3 born and bred born and having grown up in a particular place and having the typical qualities of someone from that place :

I was born and bred in Liverpool.

4 be born to do/be something to be very suitable for a particular job, activity etc :

He was born to be a politician.

5 I wasn’t born yesterday spoken used to tell someone you think is lying to you that you are not stupid enough to believe them

6 there’s one born every minute spoken used to say that someone has been very stupid or easily deceived

7 be born under a lucky/unlucky star to always have good or bad luck in your life

8 be born with a silver spoon in your mouth to be born into a rich family → natural-born