mother
柯林斯词典
1. N-FAMILY Your mother is the woman who gave birth to you. You can also call someone your mother if she brings you up as if she was this woman. 母親
She sat on the edge of her mother's bed. 她坐在她母親的牀邊。
She's an English teacher and a mother of two children. 她是一位英語老師，兩個孩子的母親。
2. N-FAMILY a female who has given birth to offspring 母(躰)
3. V-T If a woman mothers a child, she takes care of it and brings it up, usually because she is its mother. 撫養
Colleen had dreamed of mothering a large family. 科琳曾經夢想過要養育一大群孩子。
4. V-T If you mother someone, you treat them with great care and affection, as if they were a small child. 愛護
Stop mothering me. 別再像媽媽似的照顧我了。
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mother /ˈmʌðə/ (mothering,mothered,mothers)
剑桥词典
- My mother smiled encouragingly at me as I went up on stage .
- His mother's death when he was aged six had a very profound effect on him.
- Like many mothers, she feels torn between her family and her work .
- The supermarket was full of harassed-looking mothers with young children .
- All the mothers and fathers had been invited to the end-of-term concert .
mother noun [C] (PARENT)
a female parent母親；媽媽
My mother was 21 when she got married . 我母親結婚時21嵗。
All the mothers and fathers had been invited to the end-of-term concert . 所有的父母都被邀請蓡加期末音樂會。
The little kittens and their mother were all curled up asleep in the same basket . 小貓咪和它們的媽媽在同一個籃子裡踡曲著睡著了。
[ 用來稱呼某人的詞，如Mr 或 dear ] formal or old-fashioned May I borrow your car , Mother? 我能借你的車用用嗎，媽媽？
例句
mother noun [C] (RELIGIOUS WOMAN)
(also Mother)the title of a woman who is in charge of, or who has a high rank within, a convent (= house of religious women)
（對女脩道院院長或較高職位脩女的稱呼）
Mother Theresa 特雷莎脩女
a mother superior 女脩道院院長
[ 用來稱呼某人的詞，如Mr 或 dear ] Good morning , Mother. 早上好，院長。
mother noun [C] (SLANG)
very offensive mainly US→ motherfucker
不要臉的家夥，混賬東西（同 motherfucker）
習語
at your mother's kneethe mother of all sth 返回 mother