请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 childbed
释义

Definition of childbed in English:

childbed

noun ˈtʃʌɪl(d)bɛdˈtʃaɪl(d)bɛd
  • archaic term for childbirth
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For many, service to Christ constituted the only creditable alternative to matrimony and childbed.
    • Such was the devastation of puerperal, or childbed, fever, which stormed European and American maternity wards for over a century.
    • He himself had been born after the Restoration, only to have his mother die, as hers had, in childbed.
    • Is there any real evidence that women in childbed were more prone to the nightmare, though?
    • When Francesca was in childbed after Rosemary and Arthur were born, she was so ill as to never be quite sure of what was going on around her.
 
 

Definition of childbed in US English:

childbed

nounˈtʃaɪl(d)bɛdˈCHīl(d)bed
  • archaic term for childbirth
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Is there any real evidence that women in childbed were more prone to the nightmare, though?
    • He himself had been born after the Restoration, only to have his mother die, as hers had, in childbed.
    • When Francesca was in childbed after Rosemary and Arthur were born, she was so ill as to never be quite sure of what was going on around her.
    • For many, service to Christ constituted the only creditable alternative to matrimony and childbed.
    • Such was the devastation of puerperal, or childbed, fever, which stormed European and American maternity wards for over a century.
 
 
随便看

 

英语词典包含464360条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 1:32:20