maternal meaning in English
adj.
1.母亲的；像母亲的，母性的。
2.母方的，母系的；〔戏谑语〕自己母亲的。
短语和例子
n.
-ism
纵容，溺爱。
adv.
-ly
Examples
- Your maternal instincts go deeper than you think ..
你的母性本能远比你想像的强。 - Late maternal age has certainly been implicated in mongolism .
先天愚型就与高龄生产有关。 - She felt that he had escaped her, and was in the maternal nest no more .
她觉得他与她越来越疏远，不再靠在母亲的怀抱中了。 - With almost maternal solicitude she urged him to let his nature open to the full .
她又以几乎是母亲般地关怀，促使他毫无保留地展示自己的本性。 - Clare's late enthusiasm for tess had infected her through her maternal sympathies .
克来上一次把苔丝夸得那样天花乱坠，把她作母亲的同情心都激起来了。