maternity
英 [m?'t??n?t?]
美[m?'t?n?ti]
- n. 母性，母道；[婦產(chǎn)] 婦產(chǎn)科醫(yī)院
- adj. 產(chǎn)科的；產(chǎn)婦的，孕婦的
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?maternities;
中文詞源
maternity 母親身份，懷孕來自maternal,母親的，-ity,名詞后綴。比喻用法。
英文詞源
- maternity (n.)
- 1610s, "quality or condition of being a mother," from French maternité "motherhood" (15c.), from Medieval Latin maternitatem (nominative maternitas) "motherhood," from Latin maternus (see maternal). Used from 1893 as a quasi-adjective in reference to garments designed for pregnant women.
雙語例句
- 1. Your job will be kept open for your return after maternity leave.
- 你的工作會一直保留到你休完產(chǎn)假回來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The boy was born at the city's maternity hospital.
- 這個男孩出生在市婦產(chǎn)醫(yī)院。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Maternity services were to be reduced in consequence of falling birth rates.
- 由于出生率下降，產(chǎn)科服務(wù)會隨之削減。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Toronto hospital maternity wards were filled to capacity.
- 多倫多醫(yī)院的產(chǎn)房都已住滿了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Morisot had experienced maternity herself.
- 莫里佐也曾為人母。
來自柯林斯例句