midwife

• n. 助产士；促成因素
• vt. 助胎儿出生；促成

mid-,伴随，相伴，wife,女人。用于指古代的接生婆，现在的助产士。

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.

助产士给他洗了个热水澡。

来自柯林斯例句

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

“你做得很好，”助产士鼓励道。

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3. The midwife delivered her sister.

那位助产护士给她妹妹接生.

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4. Darren's girlfriend is a midwife.

达伦的女朋友是个助产士.

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

把你的要求告诉助产士，这样她可以记下来，避免产生误解。

来自柯林斯例句