| 单词 | mothering ability |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmothering ability C1. General attributive (in sense 2), as mothering ability, mothering skill, etc. ΚΠ 1952 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 140 11 Severe calcium deficiency did not reduce fertility of the dam or her mothering instinct. 1981 F. Manolson & A. Fraser in K. Thear & A. Fraser Compl. Bk. Raising Livestock & Poultry vii. 166/1 They used West Highland and beef Shorthorns to produce a hardy, long-lived cow with innate mothering ability. 1989 Independent 10 Apr. 13/3 She had never really known about mothering skills, having had no younger siblings to learn from. 1991 A. A. Aidoo Changes x. 88 The kind of man who brings out all of a woman's mothering instincts up front. < as lemmas |
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