英汉字典对话练习

midwife

KK [ˋmɪˏdwaɪf] /ˈmɪˌdwaɪf/

名词

  1. 1

    助产士、接生员

    The midwife stayed with her through the entire labor.

    助产士全程陪在她身边直到生产结束。

  2. 2

    催生者、促成者比喻

    He is often called the midwife of the country's democratic reforms.

    他常被称为该国民主改革的催生者。

动词

  1. 1

    接生、助产

    She has midwifed hundreds of babies in this rural clinic.

    她在这家乡间诊所为数百个婴儿接生过。

  2. 2

    促成、催生比喻

    The treaty was midwifed by years of quiet negotiation.

    这份条约是多年低调协商所促成的。

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