柯林斯詞典maternal /m??t??n?l/ 1. ADJ Maternal is used to describe feelings or actions which are typical of those of a kind mother toward her child. 母親般的 She had little maternal instinct. 她幾乎沒有母性。2. ADJ Maternal is used to describe things that relate to the mother of a baby. 母親的[ADJ n] Maternal smoking can damage the unborn child. 母親吸菸可能會(huì)傷害未出生的孩子。3. ADJ A maternal relative is one who is related through a person's mother rather than their father. 母系的[ADJ n] Her maternal grandfather was mayor of Karachi. 她的外祖父曾是卡拉奇市的市長(zhǎng)。 返回 maternal劍橋詞典behaving or feeling in the way that a mother does towards her child , especially in a kind , loving way 母親的；母親般的 maternal instincts 母親的天性 She is very maternal towards her employees . 她對(duì)員工十分慈和。 比較paternal related to a mother's side of the family 母系的；母親一方的 Her maternal grandmother (= mother's mother ) is still alive . 她的外婆依然健在。 返回 maternal