| 释义 |
▪ I. mothering, vbl. n.1|ˈmʌðərɪŋ|
[f. mother v.1 and n.1 + -ing1.]
1. The action of the vb. mother; motherly care or supervision.
1868Stevenson Let. in Scribner's Mag. (1899) XXV. 30/1 Her mothering and thought for others displays itself in advice against hard-boiled eggs, well-done meat, and late dinners. 1892‘G. Travers’ Mona Maclean (1893) I. 86 Mothering is woman's work without a doubt.
2. The custom of visiting parents and giving or receiving presents on Mid-lent Sunday, hence called Mothering Sunday.
1648Herrick Hesper., To Dianeme, A Ceremonie in Glocester, Ile to thee a Simnell bring, 'Gainst thou go'st a mothering. 1720[see midlenting]. 1825Hone Everyday Bk. I. 359 It is still a custom on Mid-Lent Sunday in many parts of England, for servants..to carry cakes..as presents to their parents; and in other parts, to visit their mother for a meal of furmity, or to receive cakes..with her blessing. This is called going a mothering. 1845Encycl. Metrop. XXI. 379 Midlent Sunday..has also a vulgar name of Mothering Sunday. 1883C. S. Burne Shropsh. Folk Lore 325 ‘Shrewsbury Simnels’..are eaten by many who do not heed the pious habit of ‘mothering’ which they were intended to celebrate.
▪ II. mothering, vbl. n.2
see mother v.2
▪ III. mothering, ppl. a.|ˈmʌðərɪŋ|
[f. mother v.1 + -ing2.]
1. That acts as a mother.
1855Bailey Spiritual Leg. in Mystic, etc. 68 Earth's all mothering bosom. 1894H. Drummond Ascent Man 344 The Botanist..places the mothering plants at the top of his department of Nature. 1901Henley Hawthorn & Lavender 30 The clement rain, the mothering dew.
2. U.S. slang. = mother-fucking ppl. adj.
1968L. W. Robinson Assassin (1969) ii. 8 We are lost in the motherin' fog. 1970‘J. Morris’ Candywine Development xxiii. 253 What I don't see is how those motherin' hijackers expect to get away with it. 1975New Yorker 23 June 40/2 I'm out there cutting that mothering grass all day! |