释义 |
unˈmothered, ppl. a. [un-1 8 and un-2 8.] 1. Deprived of motherly feelings.
1607Tourneur Rev. Trag. ii. i, I e'en quake to proceed, my spirit turns edge, I fear me she's unmother'd. 2. Deprived or destitute of a mother.
1847H. Bushnell Chr. Nurt. iii. (1861) 65 The young go forth untended, or unmothered. 1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh i. 95 Nursing me, Unmothered little child of four years old. 1876Swinburne Erechtheus 1057 Thralls of no man's blood, Unchilded and unmothered. |