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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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