late 14c., from Old English byrdd?g, "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.
雙語例句
1. I might buy one for a friend's birthday as a giggle.
我可能會買一件送給朋友當(dāng)生日禮物，逗他開心。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Her children had the best, most elaborate birthday parties in the neighborhood.
她的孩子們的生日聚會在街坊四鄰里是最好、最講究的。
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3. He was knighted in the Queen's birthday honours list in June 1988.
他于1988年6月被封為爵士，是女王生日宴會上的受勛者之一。
來自柯林斯例句
4. He died two days shy of his 95th birthday.
他在離95歲壽辰僅差兩天時去世了。
來自柯林斯例句
5. He asked his daughter what she would like for her birthday.