maternal 音标拼音: [mət'ɚnəl]
a . 母亲的,母系的,母方的
母亲的,母系的,母方的
maternal adj 1 :
characteristic of a mother ; "
warm maternal affection for her guest "-
Dorothy Sayers [
ant : {
paternal }]
2 :
relating to or derived from one '
s mother ; "
maternal genes "
3 :
relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent ;
"
parental guidance " [
synonym : {
parental }, {
maternal }, {
paternal }]
[
ant : {
filial }]
4 :
related on the mother '
s side ; "
my maternal grandmother " [
synonym :
{
enate }, {
enatic }, {
maternal (
p )}]
Maternal \
Ma *
ter "
nal \,
a . [
F .
maternel ,
L .
maternus ,
fr .
mater mother .
See {
Mother }.]
Of or pertaining to a mother ;
becoming to a mother ;
motherly ;
as ,
maternal love ;
maternal tenderness .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
See {
Motherly }.
[
1913 Webster ]
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "
maternal ":
adoring ,
affectionate ,
ancestorial ,
ancestral ,
caring ,
conjugal ,
demonstrative ,
devoted ,
doting ,
faithful ,
fatherlike ,
fatherly ,
filial ,
fond ,
grandfatherly ,
grandmotherly ,
grandparental ,
husbandly ,
kind ,
kindly ,
languishing ,
lovelorn ,
lovesick ,
lovesome ,
loving ,
maternalistic ,
melting ,
mother ,
motherlike ,
motherly ,
nurturing ,
parent ,
parental ,
paternal ,
patriarchal ,
romantic ,
sentimental ,
soft ,
tender ,
understanding ,
uxorious ,
warm ,
wifely
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