maternal
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ Maternal is used to describe feelings or actions which are typical of those of a kind mother toward her child. 母親般的
She had little maternal instinct. 她幾乎沒(méi)有母性。
2. ADJ Maternal is used to describe things that relate to the mother of a baby. 母親的[ADJ n]
Maternal smoking can damage the unborn child. 母親吸菸可能會(huì)傷害未出生的孩子。
3. ADJ A maternal relative is one who is related through a person's mother rather than their father. 母系的[ADJ n]
Her maternal grandfather was mayor of Karachi. 她的外祖父曾是卡拉奇市的市長(zhǎng)。
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maternal /m??t??n?l/
劍橋詞典
- behaving or feeling in the way that a mother does towards her child , especially in a kind , loving way
母親的；母親般的
maternal instincts 母親的天性
She is very maternal towards her employees . 她對(duì)員工十分慈和。
比較
paternal
related to a mother's side of the family
母系的；母親一方的
Her maternal grandmother (= mother's mother ) is still alive . 她的外婆依然健在。 返回 maternal