The womb is the organ inside a woman's or a female animal's body where a baby grows before it is born. The other English name for it is the uterus, and the difference between the two is worth knowing: uterus is the doctor's word, used in hospitals and biology books, while womb is the everyday and emotional word, the one used in ordinary talk, in poems, and in religion.

The wombwomb is the organ inside a woman's or a female animal's body是女人或雌性動物體內的一個器官 where a baby grows before it is born嬰兒出生前在裡面成長的地方. The other English name for it另一個英文名稱 is the uterus是 uterus, and the difference between the two is worth knowing而這兩個字的差別值得知道: uterus is the doctor's word, used in hospitals and biology booksuterus 是醫生用的字，用在醫院和生物學書裡, while womb is the everyday and emotional word而 womb 是日常、帶感情的字, the one used in ordinary talk, in poems, and in religion用在平常說話、詩，還有宗教裡的那個字

"In the womb" is the usual way to say "before birth": "the baby moves in the womb", "tests done while the child is still in the womb." Beyond the body, writers use womb for any dark, warm, safe, enclosed place that something grows in — "the womb of the earth", "the womb of night" — and for the place where an idea was born. There is also a common set phrase, "from the womb to the tomb", meaning for someone's whole life.

「In the womb」「In the womb」 is the usual way to say「before birth」是常見的說法，意思是「出生前」: 「the baby moves in the womb」,「tests done while the child is still in the womb.」像「the baby moves in the womb」、「tests done while the child is still in the womb」. Beyond the body在身體之外, writers use womb for any dark, warm, safe, enclosed place that something grows in作家也會用 womb 來指任何黑暗、溫暖、安全、封閉、有東西在裡面成長的地方 — 「the womb of the earth」,「the womb of night」像「the womb of the earth」、「the womb of night」 — and for the place where an idea was born也用來指一個想法誕生的地方. There is也有 also a common set phrase一個常見的固定用語,「from the womb to the tomb」「from the womb to the tomb」, meaning for someone's whole life意思是一個人的一輩子

Because the word touches birth and the body, it feels more intimate than uterus; some speakers avoid it in formal or mixed company for that reason.

Because the word touches birth and the body因為這個字牽涉到出生和身體, it feels more intimate than uterus所以感覺比 uterus 更私密; some speakers avoid it in formal or mixed company for that reason也因此有些人在正式或男女都在的場合會避免用它