maternity

英 [mə'tɜːnəti] 美 [mə'tɜːrnəti]

• n. 母性；母亲身份；产科病房
• adj. 孕妇的；母性的

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 母性
2. 怀孕
3. 母道
4. 母亲身分
5. 为母之道
6. 妇产科医院
7. 产科病房
8. 妇产科病房

adj. 形容词

1. 产妇的
2. 适用于孕妇的
3. 产妇用的
4. 孕妇的
5. 产科的
6. 产期的
7. 母性的

英英释义

Noun:

1. the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

2. the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother

3. the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother;

   "the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. It weighs upon the woman, that is to say , upon grace, weakness, beauty, maternity.
   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. 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.
   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. The pregnant woman looked forward to her maternity.
   孕妇期待着做母亲。
4. Maternity ward is on the second floor.
   产科病房在二楼。
5. Trainee nurses have to work for some weeks in maternity.
   受训的护士必须在产科病房工作数周。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. What's this company's policy on maternity leave?
   这公司的产假规定为何?
2. It's just that maternity clothes are so expensive.
   没什么,就是孕妇服实在太贵。

经典引文

• She feels tied down by maternity and domesticity.

  出自： S. Kitzinger

词汇搭配

• maternity leave 产假
• maternity ward 产科病房
• maternity pay 产假工资
• maternity pen 分娩室,产圈...
• maternity dress 孕妇装
• calf and maternity quarters 小牛栏及产房...
• maternity hospital 妇产科医院
• paid maternity leave 带薪产假
• maternity stall 产房
• maternity benefit 生产津贴
• maternity nurse 助产护士
• maternity barn 产圈
• maternity and child welfare 母婴福利
• maternity insurance 生育保险
• maternity nursing 产科护理
• maternity and child hygiene 妇幼卫生
• maternity department 产科

近反义词

【近义词】

• motherhood 母亲身份
• parenthood 父母的身份
• childbearing 分娩
• gestation 怀孕
• pregnancy 怀孕
• motherliness 慈母心
• maternalism 纵容,溺爱
• maternal quality 母性能力,母性的才能...