mother
mother
[ˈmʌðə]
noun
[with obj.]
motherhood
noun
motherless
adjective
motherlessness
noun
mother-like
( & )
adjective& adverb
语源
[ˈmʌðə]
noun
- a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth
母亲
■a person who provides the care and affection normally associated with a female parent
做母亲的人，慈母般的人
my adoptive mother.
我的养母。
■a female animal in relation to its offspring
母兽
[as modifier]a mother penguin.
企鹅妈妈。
■(archaic)(especially as a form of address) an elderly woman
(古)（尤作对年长妇女的称呼）大娘
■(Mother, Mother Superior, or Reverend Mother)(especially as a title or form of address) the head of a female religious community
妇女宗教团体的女主持人（尤用于称号或称呼）
■[as modifier]denoting an institution or organization from which more recently founded institutions of the same type derive
母机构；母组织
■(figurative)something that is the origin of or stimulus for something else
(喻)根源，根由
the wish was the mother of the deed.
愿望是行动之母。
■(informal)an extreme example or very large specimen of something
(非正式)极端的情况；大家伙
I got stuck in the mother of all traffic jams.
我陷入最糟的交通堵塞中。 - (vulgar slang, chiefly N. Amer.). short for motherfucker
(粗俚，主北美)。 motherfucker 的简称
[with obj.]
- [often as noun mothering]bring up (a child) with care and affection
抚育（孩子）
the art of mothering.
育儿之道。
■look after kindly and protectively, sometimes excessively so
母亲般地照管；溺爱
she mothered her husband, insisting he should take cod liver oil in the winter.
她无微不至地关心丈夫，坚持让他冬天吃鳕鱼肝油。 - (dated)give birth to
(旧)生育
motherhood
noun
motherless
adjective
motherlessness
noun
mother-like
( & )
adjective& adverb
语源
- Old English mōdor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moeder and German Mutter, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin mater and Greek mētēr
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