maternal

美音：[mə'tɜrn(ə)l] 英音：[mə'tɜː(r)n(ə)l]

简单释义：

adj.母亲的；母亲般慈爱的；作为母亲的；母系的

网络母性的；母方的；母婴玩具

完整释义：

adj.

1.母亲的;像母亲的,母性的
2.母方的,母系的;〔戏谑语〕自己母亲的
3.母体的
4.母兽的

例句：

Oddly, for a culture that celebrates motherhood, we've never been particularly interested in maternal health.
我们虽然庆祝母亲节，但奇怪的是，我们却从不曾特别在意母亲的健康。
She was not the only woman on earth, not necessarily the most attractive or maternal.
她并不是地球上唯一的女人，没有必要是最具吸引力的或充满母性的。
For the rest of the time, he is being subjected to English sounds by his busy parents and his most devoted maternal grandparents.
其他时候，他所听到的全是他忙得不可开交的父母，还有非常疼爱他的公公和婆婆所说的英语。
The literacy rate is less than half that of the north, and infant and maternal mortality rates are high.
南苏丹民众的识字率不到北方的一半，婴儿与产妇死亡率都非常高。
They are kin to one another like the relationship between daughter, mother and maternal grandmother.
她们是女儿、母亲和外祖母的血缘关系。
Still, many benefits seem to emerge from motherhood as the maternal brain rises to the reproductive challenge placed before it.
即便如此，由于母亲的脑子得面对生殖的挑战，因此生儿育女似乎给做母亲的带来许多好处；
And, the beautiful girlfriend of his father may probably be the gift from God, to make up for the maternal love he never had.
还有父亲那个漂亮的女朋友，大概就是上帝送给他的礼物，来弥补长久以来缺失的母爱。
And her mother to cultivate a broad and maternal nurture out my views on the issue of tolerance, fraternity and human character traits.
而妈妈博大的母爱潜移默化中培养出我对事宽容，与人友爱的性格特点。

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