lying-in

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The final stages of pregnancy; accouchement.
    — from our first knowing each other, which was soon after my lying-in, we were almost inseparable companions […]
  2. A period of postpartum confinement, typically a month or longer, formerly common in Europe and still practiced in some parts of the world.
    — As she lay by the birth-fire, she gazed on the face of the child asleep in the bamboo cradle […] Once free from the lying-in, Linchong set herself to bringing up the baby.
形容词 adj.
  1. of, or relating to childbirth not-comparable
  2. of, or relating to postpartum confinement not-comparable

词形变化

lying-ins plural lyings-in plural
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