Word · Frequency #11700
miscarriage
流产
The spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the womb.
- 1.
A failure; a mistake or error.
失败；错误或失误。
- 2.
The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term.
妊娠自然终止,尤指胎儿未成熟时；胎儿在足月前从子宫排出。
失败；失误；错误；失败；错误或失误。；妊娠自然终止,尤指胎儿未成熟时；胎儿在足月前从子宫排出。；失败；误送
In use
The ambitious plan ended in a complete miscarriage.
The wrongful conviction was a clear miscarriage of justice.
Despite months of preparation, the campaign suffered a miscarriage.
miscarriage of [sth]
用于计划失败或司法误判。
The court saw it as a miscarriage of justice.
法院认为这是司法不公。
have a miscarriage
指怀孕期间自然流产；'suffer a miscarriage'也可用。
She was devastated after having a miscarriage.
流产后她非常伤心。
Common mistakes
She miscarriaged last week.She had a miscarriage last week.
Connections
Collocations
- miscarriage of justice
- 司法不公；审判不公
- The wrongful conviction was later described as a miscarriage of justice.这起错判后来被描述为司法不公。
- have a miscarriage
- 流产
- She had a miscarriage in her second month of pregnancy.她在怀孕第二个月时流产了。
- risk of miscarriage
- 流产风险
- Heavy smoking increases the risk of miscarriage.大量吸烟会增加流产风险。
- recurrent miscarriage
- 反复流产；习惯性流产
- The couple sought medical help after recurrent miscarriage.这对夫妇在反复流产后寻求医疗帮助。
- threatened miscarriage
- 先兆流产
- She was admitted to hospital with a threatened miscarriage.她因先兆流产住院。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 miss（错过）＋ carriage（马车）：马车没送到站，胎儿也没保住——流产；引申为‘失败、失误’。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：医疗咨询、新闻报道、人际交流 通常指自然流产，多用于医学、新闻等正式或中性语境；个人交流中使用时语气较正式克制。
Pronunciation & Spelling
carriage（/ˈkærɪdʒ/）和 marriage（/ˈmærɪdʒ/）与 miscarriage 的重读部分 /kærɪdʒ/ 完全押韵。image、message、village、cabbage 虽以 -age 结尾，但元音不同，不押韵，注意拼写相同但发音不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.