• n. [解剖] 子宫；发源地
• vt. 容纳

词源不详。

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

胎儿在子宫内的发育

来自《权威词典》

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

婴儿的头开始从母亲的子宮中露出来.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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

扫描可以确定胎儿在子宮中的位置.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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年在从牙买加开往英格兰的船上，伊莉莎白？马什，这位英国皇家海军部队造船匠的女儿在母亲的肚中经历了她第一次的航海远行。

来自辞典例句

5. This olfactory sense develops in the womb.

这一嗅觉在子宫内形成。

来自辞典例句