英语词汇“mother”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

mother

(mʌðəʳ )

Word forms: mothers , mothering , mothered

1. countable noun A1

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. You can call your mother 'Mother'.

She sat on the edge of her mother's bed.

She's an English teacher and a mother of two children. [+ of]

Mother and child form a close attachment.

I'm here, Mother.

Synonyms: female parent, mum [British, informal], mom [US, Canadian, informal], mummy [British, informal]

2. verb

If a woman mothers a child, she looks after it and brings it up, usually because she is its mother.

Colleen had dreamed of mothering a large family. [VERB noun]

Synonyms: give birth to, produce, bear, bring forth

mothering uncountable noun

The reality of mothering is frequently very different from the romantic ideal.

3. verb

If you mother someone, you treat them with great care and affection, as if they were a small child.

She felt a great need to mother him. [VERB noun]

Stop mothering me. [VERB noun]

Synonyms: nurture, raise, protect, tend

Quotations:

So for the mother's sake the child was dear
And dearer was the mother for the childSamuel Taylor Coleridge`Sonnet to a Friend Who Asked How I Felt When the Nurse First Presented My Infant Child to Me'

Honour thy mother and thy father Bible:Exodus

Translations:

Chinese: 母亲

Japanese: 母

单词	mother
释义	mother (mʌðəʳ ) Word forms: mothers , mothering , mothered 1. countable noun A1 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. You can call your mother 'Mother'. She sat on the edge of her mother's bed. She's an English teacher and a mother of two children. [+ of] Mother and child form a close attachment. I'm here, Mother. Synonyms: female parent, mum [British, informal], mom [US, Canadian, informal], mummy [British, informal] 2. verb If a woman mothers a child, she looks after it and brings it up, usually because she is its mother. Colleen had dreamed of mothering a large family. [VERB noun] Synonyms: give birth to, produce, bear, bring forth mothering uncountable noun The reality of mothering is frequently very different from the romantic ideal. 3. verb If you mother someone, you treat them with great care and affection, as if they were a small child. She felt a great need to mother him. [VERB noun] Stop mothering me. [VERB noun] Synonyms: nurture, raise, protect, tend Quotations: So for the mother's sake the child was dear And dearer was the mother for the childSamuel Taylor Coleridge`Sonnet to a Friend Who Asked How I Felt When the Nurse First Presented My Infant Child to Me' Honour thy mother and thy father Bible:Exodus Translations: Chinese: 母亲 Japanese: 母
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