maternity
英 [m?'t??n?t?]
美[m?'t?n?ti]
- n. 母性，母道；[婦產] 婦產科醫院
- adj. 產科的；產婦的，孕婦的
英英釋意
- 1. the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
- 2. the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
- 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"