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单词 maternity
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maternity

noun
/məˈtɜːnəti/
/məˈtɜːrnəti/
[uncountable]
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  1. the state of being or becoming a mother
    • maternity clothes (= clothes for women who are pregnant)
    • a maternity ward/hospital (= one where women go to give birth to their babies)
    Topics Medicineb2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMaternity is used before these nouns:
    • benefit
    • bra
    • care
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French maternité, from Latin maternus, from mater ‘mother’.
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