- 1準媽媽
A mother-to-be is a woman who is going to have a baby. She is pregnant, and people already speak of her as a mother, even though the baby is not born yet. It is a warm, everyday phrase — a little kinder and softer than just saying pregnant woman. You hear it on cards, in baby shops, and in kind conversation. The same pattern makes bride-to-be and husband-to-be: someone who will be that person soon.
mother-to-be 指即將生孩子的女性。她已經懷孕，雖然寶寶還沒出生，大家已經把她當作媽媽來稱呼。這是溫暖、日常的說法，比單純說懷孕的女性更貼心、語氣也更柔和，常見於卡片、嬰兒用品店，以及親切的談話中。同樣的構詞也可以造出「bride-to-be」和「husband-to-be」，分別指準新娘和準新郎，也就是即將成為那種身分的人。
From the word’s history
mother + -to-be.
由 mother 加上 -to-be（將要成為的）組成。
組成From mother + -to-be. -to-be means “who will be that soon.”
同家族的字
- motherthe woman she is going to become
- bride-to-bethe same -to-be pattern: a woman who will be a bride soon
- husband-to-bethe same -to-be pattern for a man who will be a husband
原始詞典資料2 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。
mother-to-benoun
- 1
A pregnant woman, especially one expecting her first child.
- The ideal position for a back massage for the mother-to-be is to sit astride a chair supported by cushions.
- 2
A woman whose partner is pregnant.
- I don't know how other lesbian, nonbiological mothers-to-be, who tried to get pregnant and could not, might experience their partners' pregnancy.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。