释义 |
motherlessmoth‧er‧less /ˈmʌðələs $ -ðər-/ adjective  - In one shocking instant Tim, 32, had become a widower, and his 23-month-old daughter Sophie motherless.
- That was all it took, and no motherless gal was going to break it up.
- What was beautiful about the death of a young girl, leaving a motherless child?
- With her father frequently away on business trips, the motherless Frankie turns to Berenice for guidance.
► Childrenbaby, nounbaby boomer, nounbabyhood, nounbabyish, adjectiveboy, nounchildren's home, nouncustody, nounfamily, nounfirst generation, nounfoundling, noungame, nounguttersnipe, nounhyperactive, adjectivelegitimate, adjectivelegitimize, verbminor, nounminority, nounmite, nounmotherless, adjectivenurture, nounorphan, nounorphanage, nounpapoose, nounpreteen, adjectiveprogeny, nounpuppy fat, nounragamuffin, nounscamp, nounschool friend, nounsextuplet, nounspoiled, adjectivetinker, nountoddle, verbtoddler, nountoilet-training, nountot, nounupbringing, nounurchin, nounward, noun nounmothermotherhoodmotheringadjectivemotherlymotherlessverbmother a motherless child is one whose mother has died → fatherless: homes for children who had been left motherless |