maternity
英 [mə'tɜːnɪtɪ]
美[mə'tɝnəti]
- n. 母性，母道；[妇产] 妇产科医院
- adj. 产科的；产妇的，孕妇的
词态变化
复数: maternities;
中文词源
maternity 母亲身份，怀孕
来自maternal,母亲的，-ity,名词后缀。比喻用法。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. 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。
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- 2. The boy was born at the city's maternity hospital.
- 这个男孩出生在市妇产医院。
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- 3. Maternity services were to be reduced in consequence of falling birth rates.
- 由于出生率下降，产科服务会随之削减。
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- 4. Toronto hospital maternity wards were filled to capacity.
- 多伦多医院的产房都已住满了。
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- 5. Morisot had experienced maternity herself.
- 莫里佐也曾为人母。
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