1610s, "quality or condition of being a mother," from French maternité "motherhood" (15c.), from Medieval Latin maternitatem (nominative maternitas) "motherhood," from Latin maternus (see maternal). Used from 1893 as a quasi-adjective in reference to garments designed for pregnant women.
雙語例句
1. Your job will be kept open for your return after maternity leave.
你的工作會一直保留到你休完產假回來。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The boy was born at the city's maternity hospital.
這個男孩出生在市婦產醫院。
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3. Maternity services were to be reduced in consequence of falling birth rates.
由於出生率下降，產科服務會隨之削減。
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4. Toronto hospital maternity wards were filled to capacity.