单词	umbilical cord
释义	umbilical cordum‧bil‧i‧cal cord /ʌmˈbɪlɪkəl ˌkɔːd $ -ˌkɔːrd/ noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A girl born with the umbilical cord twisted round her neck may feel that she always gets herself tied up in things. As events would prove, it was a frail umbilical cord from the customer to design and manufacturing. Don't you wish you were joined by the umbilical cord again and nobody had the power to cut it? Severing the umbilical cord between landlords and peasants vastly increased the proportion of the population for which the centre was directly responsible. The maternal bond had been cut with the umbilical cord - at birth. When my daughter still had her umbilical cord, my husband worried about infection. Without this retractable umbilical cord, the soul would be utterly lost in the chaos of its dreams. word sets WORD SETS► Birth afterbirth, nounantenatal, adjectiveartificial insemination, nounbaby blues, nounbarren, adjectivebarrier method, nounbear, verbbirth control, nounbreast-feed, verbbreech birth, nouncaesarean, nouncap, nounchildbearing, nounchildbirth, nounconceive, verbconfinement, nouncontraception, nouncontraction, nounC-section, noundeliver, verbdelivery, noundiaphragm, nounDutch cap, nounembryo, nounembryology, nouneugenics, nounfamily planning, nounfertility, nounfertility drug, nounfertilize, verbfetal, adjectivefetus, nounfoetal position, nounfoetus, nounfull-term, adjectivegestation, noungonad, nounincubator, nouninduce, verbinduction, nouninfant mortality rate, nouninfertile, adjectiveIUD, nounIVF, nounmaternal, adjectivematernity, nounmidwife, nounmidwifery, nounmilk, nounmiscarriage, nounmiscarry, verbmorning-after pill, nounmorning sickness, nounmother-to-be, nounmum-to-be, nounnatal, adjectivenatural, adjectivenatural childbirth, nounneuter, verbnurse, verbobstetrics, nounoral contraceptive, nounoviduct, nounovulate, verbovum, nounperinatal, adjectivepostnatal, adjectivepreemie, nounpregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectivepresentation, nounprocreate, verbproduce, verbquickening, nounreproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverhythm method, nounspay, verbsterile, adjectivesterilize, verbstillbirth, nounstillborn, adjectivestretch mark, nounsurrogate mother, nounswaddle, verbswaddling clothes, nountermination, nountest-tube baby, nountrimester, nounultrasound, nounumbilical cord, noununborn, adjectivewean, verbzygote, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► cut the umbilical cord  Teenage boys especially feel a need to cut the umbilical cord tying them to their mothers. 1a long narrow tube of flesh that joins an unborn baby to its mother2a strong feeling of belonging to or a strong feeling of relationship with a particular place, person, organization etc:  All modern popular music has an umbilical cord linking back to blues and R and B. Teenage boys especially feel a need to cut the umbilical cord tying them to their mothers.
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