MBBABY/HAVE A BABYif a woman who is going to have a baby has a miscarriage, she gives birth before the baby is properly formed and it dies 流产,小产 → abortion, stillbirth
She had two miscarriages before she had her first child.
她生第一个孩子之前流产了两次。
One in five pregnancies ends in miscarriage.
有五分之一的妊娠以流产告终。
Examples from the Corpus
miscarriage• But I had a miscarriage at Christmas.• Emmanuel suffered a miscarriage two weeks later and was taken to the hospitalshackled and handcuffed.• Also patron of healers; she is invoked against miscarriages.• Further research showed that problems with conception and miscarriages were more frequent among societies where low levels of wheatgerm were consumed.• Workers have attributedskinrashes, dizziness, musclecramps and miscarriages to the chemicals and physicalhardship they endure.• During the last winter of the war she became pregnant again, but only to suffer another miscarriage in the New Year.• As a result of a number of miscarriages, we are scrutinising our system of justice.• She is awake when the procuredmiscarriage happens.
had ... miscarriages• Faye had had two miscarriages and now a threathung over this pregnancy as well.• Shortly after that her first child was born and then she had two miscarriages.• For women who've had previous miscarriages, abortions or stillbirths, anxiety can be particularly acute.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + MISCARRIAGE | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤early早期流產▸➤threatened先兆流產➤spontaneous自然流產➤recurrent復發性流產VERB + MISCARRIAGE➤have, suffer流產▸➤cause, induce引起/導致流產➤end in以流產告終◇Her first pregnancy ended in miscarriage.她第一次懷孕流產了。PHRASES➤a risk of miscarriage流產的危險◇Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.孕期吸煙會增加流產的危險。