| 释义 |
motherlike, a. and adv.|ˈmʌðəlaɪk|
[f. mother n.1 + -like.]
A. adj. Resembling a mother; having the qualities of a mother; proper to a mother.
1530Palsgr. 319/1 Motherlyke belongyng to a mother, maternal. 1605Bp. Hall Medit. & Vows iii. §98 Wks. (1625) 68 It is a mother-like fauour of the Earth, that she beares and nourishes me. 1647Trapp Comm. 1 Thess. ii. 11 Here he tempers his mother-like meekness with the gravity and authority of a father. 1856Mrs. Carlyle Lett. II. 282 She was so glad over me, so motherlike.
B. adv. After the manner of a mother.
1589Warner Alb. Eng. v. xxviii. 124 Mother-like I moane their death. 1878Smiles Robt. Dick ii. 13 Mother-like..she could not but regard these young things as intruders. |