• n. [解剖] 子宮；發源地
• vt. 容納

詞源不詳。

womb (n.)

Old English wamb, womb "belly, bowels, heart, uterus," from Proto-Germanic *wambo (cognates: Old Norse vomb, Old Frisian wambe, Middle Dutch wamme, Dutch wam, Old High German wamba, German Wamme "belly, paunch," Gothic wamba "belly, womb," Old English umbor "child"), of unknown origin.

1. a baby's development in the womb

胎兒在子宮內的發育

來自《權威詞典》

2. The baby's head was starting to emerge from the womb.

嬰兒的頭開始從母親的子宮中露出來.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. A scan determines the position of the baby in the womb.

掃描可以確定胎兒在子宮中的位置.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. THE daughter of a shipwright in the Royal Navy, Elizabeth Marsh had her first sailing adventure as she travelled in her mother's womb from Jamaica to England in 1735.

1735年在從牙買加開往英格蘭的船上，伊莉莎白？馬什，這位英國皇家海軍部隊造船匠的女兒在母親的肚中經歷了她第一次的航海遠行。

來自辭典例句

5. This olfactory sense develops in the womb.

這一嗅覺在子宮內形成。

來自辭典例句