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Definition of virgin birth in English: virgin birthnoun 1The doctrine of Christ's birth from a mother, Mary, who was a virgin. 童贞女之子（认为耶稣基督由童贞女马利亚所生的基督教教义） count noun these voices seem to deny forever the idea of virgin births Example sentencesExamples - Other than Mary, mother of Jesus, however, few women - whether ‘good’ or ‘bad’ - can boast a virgin birth.
- We will not go into the difference between the immaculate conception and virgin birth.
- Matthew and Luke included accounts of Jesus' virgin birth in their Gospels because, as Thomas Cahill says, they were convinced they were true.
- Thus, the truth of Mary's perpetual virginity is, like the Virgin Birth, essential Catholic belief.
- At school, like my peers, I was indoctrinated in the mysteries of original and venal sin, virgin birth, the respective criteria for entry to limbo, purgatory, and heaven.
2Zoology
mass noun Parthenogenesis. 〔动〕孤雌生殖，单性生殖 they produce swarms of young by virgin birth Example sentencesExamples - It was a virgin birth: She hadn't been near a male for six years.
- The bonnethead shark and bamboo shark are from different families; the bonnethead suspected of a virgin birth gave birth to a live pup, rather than laying eggs as the bamboo shark had.
- It would be looking at why girls of 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 years of age are having abortions or having children today - and I can tell members they have not had virgin births.
- These so-called virgin births are common in invertebrates like snails, but are unusual in higher vertebrates.
Definition of virgin birth in US English: virgin birthnoun 1the Virgin BirthThe doctrine of Christ's birth from a mother, Mary, who was a virgin. 童贞女之子（认为耶稣基督由童贞女马利亚所生的基督教教义） count noun these voices seem to deny forever the idea of virgin births Example sentencesExamples - At school, like my peers, I was indoctrinated in the mysteries of original and venal sin, virgin birth, the respective criteria for entry to limbo, purgatory, and heaven.
- Matthew and Luke included accounts of Jesus' virgin birth in their Gospels because, as Thomas Cahill says, they were convinced they were true.
- We will not go into the difference between the immaculate conception and virgin birth.
- Other than Mary, mother of Jesus, however, few women - whether ‘good’ or ‘bad’ - can boast a virgin birth.
- Thus, the truth of Mary's perpetual virginity is, like the Virgin Birth, essential Catholic belief.
2Zoology
Parthenogenesis. 〔动〕孤雌生殖，单性生殖 they produce swarms of young by virgin birth Example sentencesExamples - The bonnethead shark and bamboo shark are from different families; the bonnethead suspected of a virgin birth gave birth to a live pup, rather than laying eggs as the bamboo shark had.
- These so-called virgin births are common in invertebrates like snails, but are unusual in higher vertebrates.
- It was a virgin birth: She hadn't been near a male for six years.
- It would be looking at why girls of 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 years of age are having abortions or having children today - and I can tell members they have not had virgin births.
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