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womb

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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womb /wuːm/ ●○○ noun [countable]  HBHHBAthe part of a woman’s or female animal’s body where her baby grows before it is born 子宫 SYN uterus
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wombIt is everything that is sweet and tender, nourishing and safe, like a womb.Her appendix, womb and a kidney were removed along with in-growing toenails and haemorrhoids.But there was no stopping water breaking from a breaking womb and there was no stopping now.Once it used to be just child psychology but we now know that we develop all the time from womb to tomb.It can be inserted into a woman's womb quite easily by a doctor, in order to prevent pregnancy.They even have photos of the child in the womb.Elevated progesterone levels mimic pregnancy and this delays ovulation, prevents fertilisation or stops implantation of the embryo in the womb.For thirty years feminists have struggled to develop a positive imagery of the womb and ovaries.
Origin womb Old English wamb, womb
womb nounChinese
part animal’s female or a the woman’s of body Corpus


womb
womb /wuːm/ noun [countable]
 Language: Old English
 Origin: wamb, womb
the part of a woman’s or female animal’s body where her baby grows before it is born
   SYN  uterus


wombBrE /wuːm/ 🔊NAmE /wuːm/ 🔊 nounthe organ in women and female animals in which babies develop before they are born 子宫 SYN uterus

antenatal, child, conception, fetus, maternity leave, miscarriage, morning sickness, pregnant, scan, womb