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childbed

/chahyld-bed/US // ˈtʃaɪldˌbɛd //UK // (ˈtʃaɪldˌbɛd) //

儿童床,儿童床位,儿童床铺,儿童睡床

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the circumstance or situation of a woman giving birth to a child; parturition: to lie in childbed.

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Examples

  • His lady shortly after dying in childbed, to his credit he was re-chosen a fellow of the college before mentioned.

  • Pillows, which had before been despised by the farmer and the trader as fit only "for women in childbed," were now in general use.

  • This is often observed in childbed, and sometimes even comes on during labor.

  • Close by, a Kaffir was digging a grave for a Zulu woman who had died in childbed.

  • Died in childbed a year later, me being at that time on my first voyage.