maternal
maternal 英 [məˈtɜ:nl] 美 [məˈtɜrnl]
adj. 母亲的；母系的；母体遗传的
maternal love 母爱
I'm not very maternal. 我不太像个母亲。
- If you are maternal, you are like a mother. How you define what it is to be “like a mother” is up to you, but most people think of nurturing things like chicken soup and kisses on the forehead.
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- adj. 母亲的；母系的；母体遗传的
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1. maternal love
母爱
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2. I'm not very maternal.
我不太像个母亲。
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3. She didn't have any maternal instincts.
她没有一点做母亲的天性。
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4. Maternal age affects the baby's survival rate.
母亲的年龄影响婴儿的成活率。
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5. my maternal grandfather
我的外祖父
- maternal (adj.) late 15c., from Old French maternel (14c.), from Vulgar Latin *maternalis, from Latin maternus "maternal, of a mother," from mater "mother" (see mother (n.1)).
ma·ter·nal / məˈtɜːnl ; NAmE məˈtɜːrnl / adjective 1 having feelings that are typical of a caring mother towards a child 母亲的；母亲般慈爱的 ◆ maternal love 母爱 ◆ I'm not very maternal. 我不太像个母亲。 ◆ She didn't have any maternal instincts. 她没有一点做母亲的天性。 2 connected with being a mother 母亲的；作为母亲的 ◆ Maternal age affects the baby's survival rate. 母亲的年龄影响婴儿的成活率。 3 [only before noun ] related through the mother's side of the family 母系的；母亲方面的 ◆ my maternal grandfather (= my mother's father) 我的外祖父 ▶ ma·ter·nal·ly / məˈtɜːnəli ; NAmE məˈtɜːrnəli / adverb ◆ She behaved maternally towards her students. 她以母亲般的慈爱对待自己的学生。 ☞compare paternal ma·ter·nal / məˈtɜːnl ; NAmE məˈtɜːrnl / ma·ter·nal·ly / məˈtɜːnəli ; NAmE məˈtɜːrnəli /
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