| 释义 |
ˈmidwifely, a.
[f. midwife n. + -ly1.]
Of or pertaining to a midwife; also, characteristic of a midwife.
1607Markham Caval. i. (1617) 25 With other such like midwifely precepts, which I wish euery good breeder rather to hazard then proue the experiment. 1936‘R. West’ Thinking Reed i. 15 ‘When a woman is very tired,’ he said, with a return of midwifely sententiousness, ‘she does not know what is the matter with her.’ |
