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maternity

/muh-tur-ni-tee/US // məˈtɜr nɪ ti //UK // (məˈtɜːnɪtɪ) //

产妇,孕妇,孕产妇,孕产

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the state of being a mother; motherhood.
    • : motherly quality; motherliness.
    • : a section of a hospital devoted to the care of women at childbirth and of their newborn infants.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or for the period in which a woman is pregnant or has just given birth to a child.
    • : for mothers during and after childbirth or for the care of their newborn babies: a maternity hospital.
    • : for wear by pregnant women: maternity clothes.

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Examples

  • Denied the opportunity to attend medical lectures, she studied midwifery at the maternity hospital.

  • I founded Emilia George when I was seven months pregnant based on months of frustration with a lack of high-quality maternity wear that was comfortable on my skin, professional-looking, and functional.

  • The maternity photos show a visibly pregnant new mama draped in nude fabric and with golden sunlight flooding the room.

  • Some of the most wanted imported products are maternity items, cosmetics and vitamin supplements.

  • You’re not afraid that they would go on maternity or paternity leave.

  • Certainly paid paternity leave is part of it (and in the U.S., we need paid maternity and paternity leave).

  • “He was talking about getting rid of Savannah two weeks off her maternity leave,” says the NBC News type.

  • Maternity leave and all that stuff is super important to me.

  • In a familiar story, the U.S. has no law guaranteeing any paid maternity leave and is the only industrialized nation to do so.

  • Berman urges pork producers to call them “maternity pens” instead.

  • Jane Tuke had been married four or five years, but had no children, and the lack seemed to have intensified her maternity.

  • Never has the cult of maternity been better formulated—never has the practice of it been more carefully studied.

  • And it is especially needful for woman, for the great peculiar function of maternity requires the finest muscular power.

  • Maternity imposes on woman a heavy burden, and before the discovery of birth control, a burden that is continuous.

  • Sick and wounded had similarly to be provided for; so had the inmates of maternity establishments.

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