形容词motherly

形容词paternal

1. She showed her daughter''s picture with maternal pride.
    她怀着作为母亲的自豪感拿出女儿的照片给人看。

2. Many animals display maternal instincts only while their offspring are young and helpless.
    许多动物在其幼崽弱小无法自助时都显出了母性的本能。

1. maternal

1. 母亲的：11.propagation:普及,传播 | 12.maternal:母亲的 | 1. plateau:高原

2. 母性的：materiel 物质 | maternal 母性的 | maternal adaptation 母体适应

3. 母的：mateinate 有边的 | maternal 母的 | maternal effect 母性效应

4. 母系的：paternal adj. 父系的 | maternal 母系的 | matrix 子宫,母体,矩阵

1. 母亲般的;慈母般的
    Maternal is used to describe feelings or actions which are typical of those of a kind mother towards her child.

    e.g. She had little maternal instinct...
           她缺乏母性。
    e.g. Her feelings towards him were almost maternal.
           她对他的感情是近乎母亲般的。

2. 母亲的;母性的
    Maternal is used to describe things that relate to the mother of a baby.

maternal的反义词

    e.g. Maternal smoking can damage the unborn child.
           母亲吸烟会对胎儿造成不良影响。

3. 母亲一方的;母系的
    A maternal relative is one who is related through a person''s mother rather than their father.

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    e.g. Her maternal grandfather was Mayor of Karachi.
           她的外公是卡拉奇市的市长。