Often birth pangs One of the repetitive pains occurring in childbirth. 常作 birth pangs 分娩阵痛:分娩时阵发疼痛
birth pangs Difficulty or turmoil associated with a development or transition: birth pangs 与发展或转变有关的困难与骚动:the birth pangs of an emergent democracy.新兴民主的骚动