Lightening

(noun.) descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped.

埃塞雷德编辑

• With a strong taste for mechanics it was natural that he should wonder if there were not some way of lightening the burden of so much needlework. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• I suppose,' he said, taking one up to eye it closely, 'you haven't been lightening any of these; but it's a trade of your people's, you know. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Again she felt the lightening of her load, and with it the release of repressed activities. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.

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