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maternal 音标拼音: [mət'ɚnəl] a. 母亲的,母系的,母方的 母亲的,母系的,母方的 maternal adj 1: characteristic of a mother; " warm maternal affection for her guest"- Dorothy Sayers [ ant: { paternal}] 2: relating to or derived from one' s mother; " maternal genes" 3: relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent; " parental guidance" [ synonym: { parental}, { maternal}, { paternal}] [ ant: { filial}] 4: related on the mother' s side; " my maternal grandmother" [ synonym: { enate}, { enatic}, { maternal( p)}] Maternal \ Ma* ter" nal\, a. [ F. maternel, L. maternus, fr. mater mother. See { Mother}.] Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: See { Motherly}. [ 1913 Webster] 43 Moby Thesaurus words for " maternal": adoring, affectionate, ancestorial, ancestral, caring, conjugal, demonstrative, devoted, doting, faithful, fatherlike, fatherly, filial, fond, grandfatherly, grandmotherly, grandparental, husbandly, kind, kindly, languishing, lovelorn, lovesick, lovesome, loving, maternalistic, melting, mother, motherlike, motherly, nurturing, parent, parental, paternal, patriarchal, romantic, sentimental, soft, tender, understanding, uxorious, warm, wifely
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