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maternity 音標拼音: [mət'ɚnɪti] n. 母性,母道,婦產科醫院
a. 產婦的 母性,母道,婦產科醫院產婦的 maternity n 1: the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus [ synonym: { pregnancy}, { gestation}, { maternity}] 2: the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother [ synonym: { motherhood}, { maternity}] 3: the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother; " the girl' s motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children" [ synonym: { motherliness}, { maternalism}, { maternal quality}, { maternity}] Maternity \ Ma* ter" ni* ty\, n. [ F. maternit[' e], LL. maternitas.] 1. The state of being a mother; motherhood. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The character of a mother; maternal quality; motherliness. [ 1913 Webster] 3. The maternity ward; the maternity department of a hospital. [ PJC]
maternity \ ma* ter" ni* ty\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to childbirth or the period during which a woman is pregnant; as, maternity care; a maternity hospital. [ PJC] 2. For use during pregnancy; as, a maternity outfit. [ PJC] 43 Moby Thesaurus words for " maternity": affiliation, agnation, alliance, ancestry, blood, blood relationship, brotherhood, brothership, cognation, common ancestry, common descent, connection, consanguinity, cousinhood, cousinship, enation, fatherhood, filiation, fraternity, kindred, kinship, maternalness, matrilineage, matriliny, matrisib, matrocliny, motherhood, motherliness, mothership, parenthood, paternity, patrilineage, patriliny, patrisib, patrocliny, pregnancy, propinquity, relation, relationship, sibship, sisterhood, sistership, ties of blood
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