birthday
birthday — noun
1. the yearly date marking someone's birth, often celebrated with cards, gifts, or
the yearly date marking someone's birth, often celebrated with cards, gifts, or a party
Mina baked a chocolate cake for her brother's birthday on Friday.
collocation: birthday cake
On his tenth birthday, Leo rode the bus to the zoo.
pattern: on someone's [Nth] birthday
The class made cards for Ava's birthday before the math lesson started.
A red balloon hung by the door for Grandma's birthday party.
Every year, Nora calls her aunt in Tainan on her birthday.
- 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.