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

单词	mother of
释义	mother of The best or greatest of a type, as in That was the mother of all tennis matches. This expression originated during the Gulf War as a translation of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's term umm al-ma'arik, for “major battle”; the Arabic “mother of” is a figure of speech for “major” or “best.” It was quickly adopted and applied to just about any person, event, or activity. [Slang; late 1980s] Words nearby mother of mother liquor, mother lode, motherly, mother-naked, Mother Nature, mother of, mother of coal, Mother of God, Mother of Parliaments, mother-of-pearl, mother-of-pearl moth The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
随便看	pace pace bowler pace car paced pacefollower pace lap pacemaker pacer pacesetter paceway pacey pacha pachalic pachelbel pa chin pachinko pachisi pachmann pachomius pachouli pachuca pachuco pachy- pachyblepharon pachycephalosaurus

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