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Maternity Pregnant Woman Describe State 英 Mə'Tɜːnəti] 美 Mə'Tɜːrnəti

英语单词 maternity
英美音标 英 [mə'tɜːnəti] 美 [mə'tɜːrnəti]
中文释义 n.母性;母亲身份;产科病房
adj.孕妇的;母性的
英语例句 (1) It weighs upon the woman, that is to say , upon grace, weakness, beauty, maternity.
(2) To date,sports bras have largely been ungainly,with all the functional trappings of a maternity bra and little more in the way of stylish design.
(3) The pregnant woman looked forward to her maternity.
(4) Maternity ward is on the second floor.
(5) What's this company's policy on maternity leave?
(6) It's just that maternity clothes are so expensive.
中文例句 (1) 它压迫妇女,就是说压迫柔情,压迫弱质,压迫美貌,压迫母性。
(2) 此前,运动胸衣总的来说不太优雅,有母性胸衣的种种功能性装饰,却缺少时髦的设计。
(3) 孕妇期待着做母亲。
(4) 产科病房在二楼。
(5) 这公司的产假规定为何?
(6) 没什么,就是孕妇服实在太贵。
vocabulary简明 Use the noun maternity to describe the relationship of a mother to her children.
vocabulary扩展 The state of maternity includes everything involved in becoming a mother, from being pregnant to giving birth to chasing a little kid around a playground. Adoptive mothers experience maternity too, since they are someone's mom. The word maternity comes from the Latin root mater, which means "mother," and it's related to the adjective maternal. You can mostly use the words maternity and motherhood interchangeably.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ 形容词]产妇的;孕妇的 Maternity is used to describe things relating to the help and medical care given to a woman when she is pregnant and when she gives birth.
  [ADJ n]
  • Your job will be kept open for your return after maternity leave...

    你的工作会一直保留到你休完产假回来。

  • The boy was born at the city's maternity hospital.

    这个男孩出生在市妇产医院。

  • ...maternity clothes.

    孕妇装

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]母亲身份 Maternity is the state of being a mother.
  • Morisot had experienced maternity herself.

    莫里佐也曾为人母。

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