maternity
UK/mә'tә:niti/US
六级C1
释义
n.
The state of being a mother; motherhood
母亲身份;母性
n.
Relating to pregnancy and the period around childbirth
(与)怀孕和产期(相关的);产科
词根拆分
词根派生matr(母亲)+ -ity(状态)= 做母亲的状态。在日常英语里它偏向母亲身份的实务面——maternity leave(产假)、maternity ward(产科病房)——围绕生育的时段与安排。
词根 metro 还连着 6 个词常用搭配
- 1.maternity leave产假
- 2.maternity ward产科病房
- 3.maternity clothes孕妇装
- 4.maternity hospital妇产医院
例句
- 1.
She is on maternity leave until September.
她休产假到九月。
- 2.
The hospital has a modern maternity ward.
这家医院有一个现代化的产科病房。
- 3.
He took paternity leave while she returned to work.
她返岗工作时,他休了陪产假。
易混词辨析
maternity vs maternal — maternity 是名词,指母亲身份的状态/时段(maternity leave 产假)。maternal 是形容词,意为「母亲般的」或「母系的」(maternal instinct 母性本能,maternal grandmother 外祖母)。你因为母亲(maternal)的角色而休产假(maternity leave)。