mother

英 [ˈmʌðə(r)]

美 [ˈmʌðər]

n.  母亲; 妈妈; 对女修道院院长的尊称
v.  给以母亲的关爱; 像母亲般地照顾

复数：mothers　现在分词：mothering　过去式：mothered　第三人称单数：mothers　过去分词：mothered　

中考高考IELTSCET4考研

Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.306 / COCA.229

同义词辨析

mommymothermummy【导航词义：妈妈】

习惯用语

n.

at your mother's knee
• 小时候；孩提时
  when you were very young
• I learnt these songs at my mother's knee.
  我小时候学过这些歌曲。
the mother of (all) sth
• 非常大（或讨厌、重要等）的事情
  used to emphasize that sth is very large, unpleasant, important, etc.
• I got stuck in the mother of all traffic jams.
  我被困在最严重的一次大塞车之中。
necessity is the mother of invention
• 需要是发明之母
  a difficult new problem forces people to think of a solution to it
old enough to be sb's father/mother
• 论年龄足以当某人的爹 / 娘（尤指双方在爱情或性关系方面不相配）
  very much older than sb (especially used to suggest that a romantic or sexual relationship between the two people is not appropriate)

牛津词典

noun

• 母亲；妈妈
  a female parent of a child or animal; a person who is acting as a mother to a child
  1. I want to buy a present for my mother and father.
     我想给爸爸妈妈买件礼物。
  2. the relationship between mother and baby
     母婴关系
  3. She's the mother of twins.
     她有一对双胞胎。
  4. a mother of three (= with three children)
     三个孩子的妈妈
  5. an expectant (= pregnant) mother
     孕妇
  6. She was a wonderful mother to both her natural and adopted children.
     她对亲生的和领养的孩子一样好。
  7. the mother chimpanzee caring for her young
     照料着幼崽的母猩猩
• （对女修道院院长的尊称）
  the title of a woman who is head of a convent (= a community of nuns )

verb

• 给以母亲的关爱；像母亲般地照顾
  to care for sb/sth because you are their mother, or as if you were their mother
  1. He was a disturbed child who needed mothering.
     他是个心理失常的孩子，需要悉心照顾。
  2. Stop mothering me!
     我不要你的照顾！

柯林斯词典

• N-FAMILY 母亲;妈妈
  Yourmotheris the woman who gave birth to you. You can also call someone yourmotherif she brings you up as if she was this woman.
  1. She sat on the edge of her mother's bed...
     她坐在母亲床边。
  2. She's an English teacher and a mother of two children...
     她是英语教师，还是两个孩子的母亲。
  3. Mother and child form a close attachment...
     母子情深。
  4. I'm here, Mother.
     我在这儿呢，妈妈。
• VERB (通常指母亲)照看，抚养，养育
  If a womanmothersa child, she looks after it and brings it up, usually because she is its mother.
  1. Colleen had dreamed of mothering a large family.
     科琳曾梦想抚养一群孩子。
• VERB 爱护;溺爱
  If youmothersomeone, you treat them with great care and affection, as if they were a small child.
  1. She felt a great need to mother him...
     她迫切地感到要细心照料他。
  2. Stop mothering me.
     别再宠我了。

英英释义

noun

• a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation
  1. necessity is the mother of invention
• a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
  1. the mother of three children
  Synonym:female parent
• a term of address for a mother superior
• a term of address for an elderly woman
• a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria

verb

• make children
  1. Abraham begot Isaac
  2. Men often father children but don't recognize them
  Synonym:begetgetengenderfathersiregeneratebring forth
• care for like a mother
  1. She fusses over her husband
  Synonym:fussoverprotect

双语例句

• I think your mother was baptized a Catholic.
  我想你母亲受洗成了天主教徒。
• My mother had consequently made her own shrewd deductions about what was going on in my marriage.
  我母亲已据此对我的婚姻状况作出了她自己精明的推断。
• John lives with his ageing mother
  约翰和他年迈的母亲一起生活。
• How many times has your mother told you never to talk to strangers?
  你母亲告诉你多少次了，绝不能和陌生人谈话？
• You know you can phone me — here's my mother's number
  你可以给我打电话——给你，这是我母亲的电话号码。
• My mother heard of this school through Leslie
  我母亲是从莱斯利那里知道这所学校的。
• Colleen had dreamed of mothering a large family.
  科琳曾梦想抚养一群孩子。
• She sat on the edge of her mother's bed
  她坐在母亲床边。
• My natural mother has never communicated with me
  我的亲生母亲从未和我联系过。
• The baby's mother escaped from the fire along with two other children
  婴儿的母亲和另外两个孩子一起逃离了火海。