英语词汇“maternity”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

maternity

释义

Noun: maternity mu'turnitee

The state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing foetus in her uterus
- pregnancy, gestation
The kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
- motherhood
The quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
- motherliness, maternalism, maternal quality

Derived forms: maternities

See also: maternal

Type of: family relationship, kinship, parental quality, physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state, relationship

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