- 1產婦的、生產相關的（如：產假、產房）
Maternity is a word used mostly as an adjective, describing things connected to being pregnant or having just had a baby. "Maternity leave" is time off work a mother takes around the birth. A "maternity ward" is the part of a hospital where babies are born. "Maternity clothes" are clothes made to fit a pregnant body. On its own as a noun, it's a rather formal word for itself, but students will meet it almost always in front of another noun, in phrases like the ones above.
From the word’s history
From French maternité, from Latin māternitās.
來自法文 maternité，源自拉丁文 māternitās。
同家族的字
- maternalsame root — relating to a mother
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
maternitynoun/məˈtɜːnɪti/
- 1
The state of being a mother; motherhood.
- 2
The state of being pregnant; pregnancy.
- 3
A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.
- She's working in maternity this month.
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