a person (typically a woman) trained to assist women in childbirth
助产士,接生员(尤指产婆)。
〈喻〉 催生者(或因素);促进发展者
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he survived to be one of the midwives of the Reformation. 他活了下来,成为推进宗教改革者之一。
assist (a woman) during childbirth
助(妇女)分娩。
〈喻〉 促生,给…催生
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revolutions midwifed by new technologies of communication. 由新通信技术催生的革新。
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midwifery /-wɪfərɪ/noun .
"Middle English: probably from the obsolete preposition