单词 | maternity |
释义 | maternity /meuh terr"ni tee/, n. 1. the state of being a mother; motherhood. 2. motherly quality; motherliness. 3. a section of a hospital devoted to the care of women at childbirth and of their newborn infants. adj. 4. of, pertaining to, or for the period in which a woman is pregnant or has just given birth to a child. 5. for mothers during and after childbirth or for the care of their newborn babies: a maternity hospital. 6. for wear by pregnant women: maternity clothes. [1605-15; < ML maternitas, equiv. to L matern(us) (see MATERNAL) + -itas -ITY] |
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