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midwifeUK:*/ˈmɪdwaɪf/US:/ˈmɪdˌwaɪf/ ,(mid′wīf′)UK-RP:UK-Yorkshire:Irish:Scottish:Jamaican: 主要翻译 midwife n (childbirth assistant)助产妇；接生员She chose to have the baby at home, with a midwife in attendance.她选择请一位接生员帮助，在家进行分娩。 midwife n figurative ([sb] who helps create [sth])促成某事之人He acted as midwife to a new generation of computers.他是促成新一代计算机产生之人。 其他翻译 midwife [sb] vtr (assist in birth)给…接生The old woman had midwifed every baby born in the village for twenty years. midwife [sth] vtr figurative (assist in creating)促成；协助达成It is the peacemaker's job to attempt to midwife a solution. |