birthday

IPA/ˈbɜːθdeɪ/
KK[bˈɚθdˌe]IPA/ˈbɜːrθdeɪ/

birthday — 名詞

  • birthdaysingular
  • birthdaysplural

1. the yearly date marking someone's birth, often celebrated with cards, gifts, or

1.名詞A1
釋義

生日

每年慶祝出生的日子

the yearly date marking someone's birth, often celebrated with cards, gifts, or a party

例句

Mina baked a chocolate cake for her brother's birthday on Friday.

Mina 在週五為哥哥的生日烤了一個巧克力蛋糕。

collocation: birthday cake

On his tenth birthday, Leo rode the bus to the zoo.

Leo 十歲生日時，搭公車去動物園。

pattern: on someone's [Nth] birthday

常見搭配
  • birthday cake
  • birthday card
  • birthday party
  • birthday present
  • happy birthday
同義詞
  • birth date

    the exact calendar date in records or forms, not the celebration

  • anniversary

    a broader word for a yearly date, not only a person's birth

  • nameday

    a day linked to a person's name in some cultures, not to birth

文法句型

[someone's] birthday

on [someone's] birthday

[Nth] birthday

用法筆記

Usually used with a possessive or number: my birthday, Ella's birthday, his fifth birthday. Use on for the date itself and at for the celebration, as in on my birthday but at my birthday party.

常見錯誤

We will meet in Fadi's birthday.
We will meet on Fadi's birthday.
English uses on with a day or date.
Today is my born day.
Today is my birthday.
English says birthday, not born day.
慣用語

in your birthday suit

idiom

Wearing no clothes at all.

一絲不掛

After the shower, Maya ran to her room in her birthday suit.

Did you really walk around the house in your birthday suit?

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • birthday cake
  • birthday card
  • birthday party
  • birthday present

常用片語

介系詞搭配

  • on someone's birthday
  • for someone's birthday