maternal
美音:[mə´tə:nəl
]
英音:[mə´tə:nəl
]
adj.母亲的,似母亲的,母性的
难易程度:
maternal为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:maternally 名词:maternalism
词根
matr＝mother（母亲）
近义词, 同义词
paternal parental maternal family ancestral linear patriarchalmaternal parental maternal family ancestral linear matriarchal
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maternal
/mə'tɜ:nl; mə`tɝnl/
adj
1 of or like a mother （似）母亲的
*maternal affection, feelings, duties, etc 母亲的爱、感情、责任等
* She feels very maternal towards him. 她对他充满母爱.
2 [attrib 作定语] related through the mother's side of the family 母系的; 母亲方面的
*my maternal grandfather, aunt, etc 我的外祖父、姨母等. Cf 参看 paternal.
adj
1 of or like a mother （似）母亲的
*maternal affection, feelings, duties, etc 母亲的爱、感情、责任等
* She feels very maternal towards him. 她对他充满母爱.
2 [attrib 作定语] related through the mother's side of the family 母系的; 母亲方面的
*my maternal grandfather, aunt, etc 我的外祖父、姨母等. Cf 参看 paternal.
maternal
adj
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French;Origin: maternel, from Latin maternus, from mater 'mother']
typical of the way a good mother behaves or feels
→paternal
Annie was wonderfully warm and maternal.
She seems to have a strong maternal instinct (=desire to have babies and take care of them) .
[only before noun]
relating to a mother or to being a mother
→paternal
the relationship between maternal age and infant mortality
maternal grandfather/aunt etc
your mother's father, sister etc
>maternallyadv
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French;Origin: maternel, from Latin maternus, from mater 'mother']
typical of the way a good mother behaves or feels
→paternal
Annie was wonderfully warm and maternal.
She seems to have a strong maternal instinct (=desire to have babies and take care of them) .
[only before noun]
relating to a mother or to being a mother
→paternal
the relationship between maternal age and infant mortality
maternal grandfather/aunt etc
your mother's father, sister etc
>maternallyadv
1. Everyone has two paternal grandparents and two maternal grandparents.
每个人都有两个属于父系的祖父母和母系的祖父母。
2. I grew up in a little town called Henning, Tennessee, in the home of my maternal grandmother.
我是在田纳西州一个叫汉宁的小镇上外祖母的家中长大的。
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每个人都有两个属于父系的祖父母和母系的祖父母。
2. I grew up in a little town called Henning, Tennessee, in the home of my maternal grandmother.
我是在田纳西州一个叫汉宁的小镇上外祖母的家中长大的。
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