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单词 housemotherly
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ˈhouseˌmotherly
ˈhouseˌmotherly adj. [compare German hausmütterlich (end of the 18th cent.)] resembling a housemother; characteristic of a housemother.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > family > [adjective] > relating to a family or household > characteristic of a house-mother
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1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts I. i. i. 5 Gillian, gaily, wrapping..with house-motherly precaution, a woolly shawl round the shoulders of Emilia.
1916 M. A. Taggart Hollyhock House vii. 119 You're the reliable, house-motherly little soul,..yet I'm older than you are.
2008 New Yorker 9 June 132/3 A housemotherly, middle-aged stewardess who's helping him clean up some coffee.
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