单词 | miscarriage |
释义 | miscarriagemis‧car‧riage /ˌmɪsˈkærɪdʒ, ˈmɪskærɪdʒ/ noun [countable, uncountable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorwhen a baby is not born alive► lose the baby Collocations · "Am I going to lose the baby?'' she asked the doctor.· Patricia lost the baby after six months. ► have a miscarriage if a woman has a miscarriage the baby comes out of her body far too early for it to be able to live: · She was pregnant during her first marriage, but had a miscarriage. ► stillborn a baby that is stillborn is born dead but fully developed: · Sadly, the baby was stillborn.· Libby had still not recovered from the shock of giving birth to a stillborn child. ► be born dead if a baby is born dead , it is not alive when it is born: · The doctor told them that there was a danger their baby would be born dead or brain damaged. ► abortion a medical operation to deliberately end a pregnancy so that the baby is not born alive: · The Catholic Church remains strongly opposed to abortion.have an abortion: · One of my friends got pregnant when she was fifteen and had an abortion.backstreet abortion (=a secret illegal abortion by someone who is not trained): · Backstreet abortions left many women unable to have children later. ► terminate a pregnancy formal to perform the operation that prevents a baby from being born alive, often because the mother's life is in danger - used especially by doctors: · Doctors may terminate a pregnancy when the life of the mother is at risk. 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nounwarm-blooded, adjectivewean, verbwildlife, nounwindpipe, nounyolk, noun COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► had ... miscarriages if a woman who is going to have a baby has a miscarriage, she gives birth before the baby is properly formed and it dies → abortion, stillbirth: She had two miscarriages before she had her first child. One in five pregnancies ends in miscarriage. She had two miscarriages before she had her first child. ► ends in miscarriage One in five pregnancies ends in miscarriage. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► suffer· During the last winter of the war she became pregnant again, but only to suffer another miscarriage in the New Year.· Emmanuel suffered a miscarriage two weeks later and was taken to the hospital shackled and handcuffed.· The age range is usually 15-44 years, and the woman may have suffered a recent miscarriage or discovered she is infertile.· Susan, believing her friend had suffered some form of miscarriage, shouted to her returning husband to fetch medical help.· The girl became pregnant, but later suffered a miscarriage.· In the film Julie is seen suffering a miscarriage. |
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