maternity

英 [məˈtɜːnəti]

美 [məˈtɜːrnəti]

n.  母亲身份; 怀孕

复数：maternities　

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Collins.1 / BNC.7122 / COCA.11382

牛津词典

noun

• 母亲身份；怀孕
  the state of being or becoming a mother
  1. maternity clothes (= clothes for women who are pregnant)
     孕妇装
  2. a maternity ward/hospital (= one where women go to give birth to their babies)
     产科病房；妇产医院

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 产妇的;孕妇的
  Maternityis used to describe things relating to the help and medical care given to a woman when she is pregnant and when she gives birth.
  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 clothes.
     孕妇装
• N-UNCOUNT 母亲身份
  Maternityis the state of being a mother.
  1. Morisot had experienced maternity herself.
     莫里佐也曾为人母。

英英释义

noun

• the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
  1. the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children
  Synonym:motherlinessmaternalismmaternal quality
• the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
  Synonym:motherhood
• the state of being pregnant
  Synonym:pregnancygestation

双语例句

• To qualify for maternity leave you must have worked for the same employer for two years
  你必须为同一个雇主工作满两年才能享受产假。
• I couldn't postpone our talk much longer-I had to start wearing maternity dresses.
  我不能再推迟和丹之间的谈话了&我马上要穿孕妇服。
• She caught himwith a maternity nurse.
  她逮住他和产科护士鬼混。
• The pregnant woman looked forward to her maternity.
  孕妇期待着做母亲。
• 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。
• You ordered MRIs for the entire maternity ward?
  你替整个产科平房订了核磁共振？
• Women workers are entitled to maternity leave with full pay.
  女工产假期间工资照发。
• Much of my time in Kenya has focused on understanding the market and the needs associated with maternity health.
  我在肯尼亚的很长时间都花在了了解与孕妇健康相关的市场和需求方面。
• To explore a method of patient selecting nursing groups in maternity wards of a comprehensive hospital at county level.
  目的：探索在县级综合性医院妇产科病房实施病人选择护理组的方法。
• There was a particular problem with claims for maternity allowance.
  有一个涉及产妇补贴要求的具体问题。