maternity 音标拼音: [mət'ɚnɪti]
n . 母性,母道,妇产科医院
a . 产妇的
母性,母道,妇产科医院产妇的
maternity n 1 :
the state of being pregnant ;
the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus [
synonym : {
pregnancy }, {
gestation }, {
maternity }]
2 :
the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother [
synonym : {
motherhood }, {
maternity }]
3 :
the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother ; "
the girl '
s motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children "
[
synonym : {
motherliness }, {
maternalism }, {
maternal quality },
{
maternity }]
Maternity \
Ma *
ter "
ni *
ty \,
n . [
F .
maternit ['
e ],
LL .
maternitas .]
1 .
The state of being a mother ;
motherhood .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The character of a mother ;
maternal quality ;
motherliness .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
The maternity ward ;
the maternity department of a hospital .
[
PJC ]
maternity \
ma *
ter "
ni *
ty \,
a .
1 .
Of or pertaining to childbirth or the period during which a woman is pregnant ;
as ,
maternity care ;
a maternity hospital .
[
PJC ]
2 .
For use during pregnancy ;
as ,
a maternity outfit .
[
PJC ]
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "
maternity ":
affiliation ,
agnation ,
alliance ,
ancestry ,
blood ,
blood relationship ,
brotherhood ,
brothership ,
cognation ,
common ancestry ,
common descent ,
connection ,
consanguinity ,
cousinhood ,
cousinship ,
enation ,
fatherhood ,
filiation ,
fraternity ,
kindred ,
kinship ,
maternalness ,
matrilineage ,
matriliny ,
matrisib ,
matrocliny ,
motherhood ,
motherliness ,
mothership ,
parenthood ,
paternity ,
patrilineage ,
patriliny ,
patrisib ,
patrocliny ,
pregnancy ,
propinquity ,
relation ,
relationship ,
sibship ,
sisterhood ,
sistership ,
ties of blood
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