Word · Frequency #7122
maternities
母性；怀孕；母职
maternities is the plural of maternity.
核心释义
The state of being pregnant; the period of pregnancy; motherhood.
- 1.
母亲身份；母性。
The state of being a mother; motherhood.
- 2.
怀孕状态；妊娠。
The state of being pregnant; pregnancy.
- 3.
医院里用于接生婴儿的病房或科室。
A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.
母亲身份；母性。；怀孕状态；妊娠。；医院里用于接生婴儿的病房或科室。；母性；怀孕
用法In use
She is currently on maternity leave after giving birth to twins.
用法提示：本句中'maternity'作为名词修饰'leave'，表示与怀孕和生产相关的假期。
The maternity wing of the hospital was renovated to be more comfortable.
用法提示：本句中'maternity'作为名词修饰'wing'，指专门为产妇服务的部门。
Her strong sense of maternity emerged when she cradled the baby.
用法提示：本句中'maternity'作为名词，表示母性、母亲的身份或情感。
take maternity leave
She decided to take maternity leave after giving birth.
她决定生完孩子后休产假。
maternity + noun
maternity作形容词时，常修饰与孕妇、产妇相关的名词。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- maternity leave
- 产假
- She is on maternity leave.她正在休产假。
- maternity ward
- 产科病房
- The hospital has a new maternity ward.这家医院有一个新的产科病房。
- maternity dress
- 孕妇装
- She bought a comfortable maternity dress.她买了一件舒适的孕妇装。
- maternity benefits
- 产假福利
- The company offers generous maternity benefits.公司提供优厚的产假福利。
- maternity care
- 产妇护理
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
“maternity”可拆为“ma（妈）+ternity（特尼提）”，想象妈妈特有母性。母性就是妈妈的特质。
语境与语域Context & Register
医疗（如maternity ward）、人力资源（如maternity leave）、日常购物（如maternity dress）；语域混合，正式语境常见，日常使用也普遍。注：通常用于正式或半正式场合，在日常口语中也常见。
语法说明Grammar Note
作为名词时，常作不可数用，表示母性；但也可作可数名词，指妇产科医院。作为形容词时，仅用作定语。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
The words 'eternity', 'paternity', and 'fraternity' share the stressed vowel /ɜː/ and ending '-nity' with 'maternity', thus they rhyme. Other common '-ity' words like 'humanity', 'community', and 'opportunity' have different stressed vowels and do not rhyme.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.