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midwife 音标拼音: [m'ɪdw ,ɑɪf]
n. 助产士,接生婆 助产士,接生婆 midwife n 1: a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies [ synonym: { midwife}, { accoucheuse}] Midwife \ Mid" wife`\, v. t. To assist in childbirth. [ 1913 Webster]
Midwife \ Mid" wife`\, v. i. To perform the office of midwife. [ 1913 Webster]
Midwife \ Mid" wife`\, n.; pl. { Midwives}. [ OE. midwif, fr. AS. mid with ( akin to Gr. ?) ? woman, wife. Properly, the woman or wife who is attendant upon a woman in childbirth. See { Meta-}, and { Wife}.] A woman who assists other women in childbirth; a female practitioner of the obstetric art. [ 1913 Webster] 44 Moby Thesaurus words for " midwife": Charlie McCarthy, agent, ancilla, appliance, bonesetter, chiropractor, contrivance, creature, device, dummy, dupe, go- between, handmaid, handmaiden, healer, homeopath, homeopathist, implement, instrument, interagent, intermediary, intermediate, intermedium, lever, mechanism, mediator, medic, medium, minion, oculist, optometrist, organ, osteopath, pawn, plaything, puppet, servant, slave, stooge, therapeutist, therapist, tool, toy, vehicle |
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