| 单词 | midwife |
| 释义 | midwife /midˈwīf/noun (pl midwives /midˈwīvz/)A woman, or occasionally a man, who assists women in childbirth transitive verb (midˈwīfing or midˈwīving; midwīfed or midwīved)(also midˈwive /-wīv/) to assist in the birth of (a child) (also figurative) ORIGIN: OE mid with (Ger mit, Gr meta), and wīf woman midˈwifery /-wif-ə-ri, -wif-ri, -if-ri or -wīfˈri/ noun
midwife toad noun Either of two species of small European toad (Alytes obstetricians and Alytes cisternasi), so called because the males bear the fertilized eggs on their backs until they hatch |
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