maternal
/məˈtɝnəl/ 形容词 C1中文： 母亲的、母系
- Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother; motherly. · His weakness seemed to bring out her maternal instincts.
- Related through the mother, or her side of the family. · Toby is my maternal uncle.
- Derived from the mother as opposed to the foetus during pregnancy.
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They are descended, on the maternal side, from the same noble line; and, on the father’s, from respectable, honourable, and ancient, though untitled, families.
Happy for all her maternal feelings was the day on which Mrs.
“Never mind, Renée,” replied the marquise, with a look of tenderness that seemed out of keeping with her harsh dry features; but, however all other feelings may be withered in a woman’s nature, there is always one bright smiling spot in the desert of her heart, and that is the shrine of maternal love.
I doubt not you will consider these praises the result of blind maternal affection, but there is a soul of iron in that delicate, fragile body.
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