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midwife

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Birth, Occupations
mid·wife /ˈmɪdwaɪf/ ●○○ noun (plural midwives /-waɪvz/) [countable]  MBBOa specially trained nurse whose job is to help women when they are having a baby 助产士,接生员
Examples from the Corpus
midwifeAlso patron of childbirth, the falsely accused, midwives, and pregnant women.Assistant midwives and matrons were designated to deliver family planning services.Extra midwives had been taken on for the same reason.The application was based on a sworn statement from a lay midwife who said she attended his birth in La Paloma.How could they have come into existence in the first place without malicious midwives?I was the only midwife that evening, waiting for a relief to arrive.As the midwife examined her, Nina pondered over her words.The midwife and the doctor had a little air of festivity and triumph.
Origin midwife (1200-1300) mid with ((11-14 centuries)) (from Old English) + wife woman
mid·wife nounChineseSyllable
job trained is a whose help to Corpus specially nurse


midwife
midwife /ˈmɪdwaɪf/ noun (plural midwives /-waɪvz/) [countable]
 Date: 1200-1300
 Origin: mid 'with' (11-14 centuries) (from Old English) + wife 'woman'
a specially trained nurse whose job is to help women when they are having a baby


mid·wifeBrE /ˈmɪdwaɪf/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmɪdwaɪf/ 🔊 noun (
plural
mid·wives BrE /ˈmɪdwaɪvz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmɪdwaɪvz/ 🔊
)
a person, especially a woman, who is trained to help women give birth to babies 助产士;接生员;产婆   compare doula

birth, breech birth, caesarean, contraction, deliver, induce, labour, midwife, obstetrics, umbilical cord