单词 | parenthood |
释义 | parenthoodn. The state or condition of being a parent; fatherhood or motherhood. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > parenthood > [noun] parentality1780 parentship1838 parenthood1853 parentage1876 1853 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 40/1 In fact, he enjoyed all the pleasures of parenthood without any of its anxieties. 1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. (1874) xv. 371 Parenthood produces a mental exaltation not otherwise producible. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 28 Sept. 2/1 So the gospel which this physician preaches to necessitous married folk is a gospel of unlimited parenthood. 1939 ‘J. Struther’ Mrs. Miniver 47 All the accumulations on the debit side of parenthood:..the plasticine on the door-handles, the face-flannels in the bathroom, [etc.]. 1995 S. Nye Best of Men behaving Badly (2000) 4th Ser. Episode 1. 102/1 Parenthood calms you down, doesn't it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1853 |
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