• n. 助產(chǎn)士；促成因素
• vt. 助胎兒出生；促成

mid-,伴隨，相伴，wife,女人。用于指古代的接生婆，現(xiàn)在的助產(chǎn)士。

midwife

midwife: [14] A midwife is etymologically a ‘with-woman’. The mid- element represents the long extinct preposition mid ‘with’ (its Germanic relatives are still alive and well: German mit, Dutch met, and Swedish and Danish med). Wife preserves the original meaning of Old English wīf, ‘woman’. The idea underlying the word is that a midwife is ‘with’ a woman giving birth.

midwife (n.)

c. 1300, "woman assisting," literally "woman who is 'with' " (the mother at birth), from Middle English mid "with" (see mid) + wif "woman" (see wife). Cognate with German Beifrau.

1. The midwife gave him a warm bath.

助產(chǎn)士給他洗了個(gè)熱水澡。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. "You're doing really well," her midwife said encouragingly.

“你做得很好，”助產(chǎn)士鼓勵(lì)道。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. The midwife delivered her sister.

那位助產(chǎn)護(hù)士給她妹妹接生.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. Darren's girlfriend is a midwife.

達(dá)倫的女朋友是個(gè)助產(chǎn)士.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. Tell your midwife what you want so she can make a note of it and avoid misunderstandings.

把你的要求告訴助產(chǎn)士，這樣她可以記下來(lái)，避免產(chǎn)生誤解。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句