1. 出生；誕生；為…所生 When a baby is born, it comes out of its mother's body at the beginning of its life. In formal English, if you say that someone is born of someone or to someone, you mean that person is their parent.
e.g. My mother was 40 when I was born... 母親生我時40歲。 e.g. She was born in London on April 29, 1923... 她1923年4月29日在倫敦出生。
2. 生下來（有某種疾病或問題）；天生（具有某種性格） If someone is born with a particular disease, problem, or characteristic, they have it from the time they are born.
e.g. He was born with only one lung. 他生下來就只有一葉肺。 e.g. Some people are born brainy... 有些人天生聰明。
3. （用于姓名前）出生（取名…的） You can use be born in front of a particular name to show that a person was given this name at birth, although they may be better known by another name.
e.g. She was born Jenny Harvey on June 11, 1946. 她在1946年6月11號出生，取名叫珍妮·哈維。
4. 天生的 You use born to describe someone who has a natural ability to do a particular activity or job. For example, if you are a born cook, you have a natural ability to cook well.
e.g. Jack was a born teacher. 杰克天生是個當(dāng)老師的料。
5. （思想、組織等）產(chǎn)生，誕生 When an idea or organization is born, it comes into existence. If something is born of a particular emotion or activity, it exists as a result of that emotion or activity.
e.g. The idea for the show was born in his hospital room... 這個節(jié)目的構(gòu)思是他在醫(yī)院病房里想出來的。 e.g. Congress passed the National Security Act, and the CIA was born... 國會通過了《國家安全法》，中央情報局由此而誕生。
6. see also: -born;first born;newborn
7. to be born and bred -> see breed to be born with a silver spoon in your mouth -> see spoon