| 单词 | mother figure |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmother figure mother figure n. a person or thing endowed with some of the attributes of a mother, esp. an older woman who is seen as a source of nurture, support, etc. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun] > mother figure mother figure1932 mum figure1959 attachment figure1964 1932 Man 32 285/2 The first origin of the Mother-figure goes back at least as far as the Aurignacian age. 1945 M. Klein Contrib. Psycho-anal. (1948) 346 The early splitting of the mother figure into a good and bad ‘breast mother’ as a way of dealing with ambivalence had been very marked. 1971 Daily Tel. 18 Jan. 10/7 The association also says there should be a ‘mother figure’ in each nursing school to whom students can turn for advice. 1997 P. Cornwell Unnatural Exposure v. 38 Lucy worships you. You're the only decent mother figure she's ever had. < as lemmas |
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