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maternity

英 [mə'tɜːnɪtɪ] 美 [mə'tɝnəti]

解释

n. 母性，母道；[妇产] 妇产科医院
adj. 产科的；产妇的，孕妇的

※ 提供单词"maternity"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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.

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例句和用法

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。

2. The boy was born at the city's maternity hospital.: 这个男孩出生在市妇产医院。

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。

4. Toronto hospital maternity wards were filled to capacity.: 多伦多医院的产房都已住满了。

5. Morisot had experienced maternity herself.: 莫里佐也曾为人母。