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.
实用例句
1. Your job will be kept open for your return after maternity leave.
你的工作会一直保留到你休完产假回来。来自柯林斯例句
2. The boy was born at the city's maternity hospital.
这个男孩出生在市妇产医院。来自柯林斯例句
3. Maternity services were to be reduced in consequence of falling birth rates.
由于出生率下降，产科服务会随之削减。来自柯林斯例句
4. Toronto hospital maternity wards were filled to capacity.
