单词 | childwife |
释义 | childwife/ˈtʃʌɪldwʌɪf/noun 1A midwife. rare (now historical ). 2A woman in labour, or who has recently given birth. Now rare ( literary and historical ). 3Chiefly in form child-wife. A wife who is still a child; a very young wife. OriginLate Middle English; earliest use found in John Trevisa (c1342–?1402), translator. From child + wife. |
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