mother

['mʌðə]

n.母亲, 妈妈
adj.母亲的, 母体的,本源的
vt.生育, 像母亲一样关爱

n.[C]

1. 母亲; 妈妈

She is a mother of five children.

她是有五个孩子的母亲。

2. 起源, 根由[the S][(+of)]

Necessity is the mother of invention.

需要乃发明之母。

3. (男子对年长妇女的称呼语)大娘, 大妈

4. (常大写)女修道院院长

vt.

1. 像母亲一般地照料; 对……过分照顾

Mrs. Green mothered the lost children.

格林太太慈母般照料那几个走失的孩子。

2. 生下; 产生出

词形变化

动词过去式: mothered | 动词过去分词: mothered | 动词现在分词: mothering | 动词第三人称单数: mothers |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.生产; 引起

originate  produce  cause  breed  bring about

n.妈妈

mommy  mama  mom  female parent

vt.照顾; 看管; 养育

watch  mind  foster  nurse  nurture  care for  attend to  look after  

同义参见:

parent  relative  parent  

反义:

n.母亲; 女修道院院长

father  

英英释义

名词 mother:

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

同义词：female parent

a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar

a term of address for an elderly woman

a term of address for a mother superior

a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation

动词 mother:

care for like a mother

同义词：fuss, overprotect

make children

同义词：beget, get, engender, father, sire, generate, bring forth

补充

mothermother英:[ˈmʌðə] 美:[ˈmʌðɚ]n.1.母亲, 妈妈Your mother wouldn't like it if you become too thick with each other.如果你们来往太亲密, 你的母亲会不高兴的。Old Mother Adams next door has lost her cat again.隔壁亚当斯老大娘的猫又不见了。2.根由, 根源School is the mother of learning.学校是知识的源泉。

例句

1. She sat on the edge of her mother's bed.她坐在母亲的床边。 2. She's an English teacher and a mother of two children.她是英语老师, 也是两个孩子的母亲。 3. a calf calling for its mother呼唤母牛的牛犊 4. Hello, mother.嗨, 妈妈。 5. I'm here, mother.妈, 我在这儿。 6. It appealed to the mother in her.这激发了她的母爱。 7. mother superior女隐修院院长 8. He's the meanest mother in the city.他是城里最卑鄙的混账东西。 9. I'll be mother.我来倒茶。 10. the mother of all parties最大的聚会 11. the mother of all hangovers最难受的宿醉 12. the mother of all battles最激烈的战役 13. mother camel母骆驼 14. He earns the money. I mother the kids.他挣钱, 我抚养孩子。 15. Teenage mothers still needed to be mothered themselves.十几岁的年轻妈妈自己仍需要照顾。 16. She mothers all her lodgers.她给予房客们母亲般的照顾。 17. She felt a great need to mother him.她觉得非常有必要给他母亲般的照顾。 18. Colleen had dreamed of mothering a large family.科琳曾梦想生一大群孩子。 19. The old man mothered his beloved pigeons.这老人像妈妈带孩子一样饲养他心爱的鸽子。 20. Massy's wife mothers him dreadfully.马西的妻子简直像妈妈一样照料着他。 21. my adoptive mother.我的养母。 22. [as modifier]a mother penguin.企鹅妈妈。 23. the wish was the mother of the deed.愿望是行动之母。 24. I got stuck in the mother of all traffic jams.我陷入最糟的交通堵塞中。 25. the art of mothering.育儿之道。 26. she mothered her husband, insisting he should take cod liver oil in the winter.她无微不至地关心丈夫，坚持让他冬天吃鳕鱼肝油。 27. Stop mothering me -- I can look after myself!别像母亲那样照管我─我会照管自己！ 28. She became a mother when she was in her 20s.她20多岁就当母亲了。 29. She's the mother of three small children.她是三个小孩的母亲。 30. She has been like a mother to me.她对我一直就像母亲一样。 31. Our dog is the mother of all those puppies.那些小狗全是我们这只母狗生的。 32. She has always been close to her mother.她和她母亲一直很亲近。 33. an expectant mother [=a woman who is pregnant]孕妇 34. She is a single mother. [=a mother who does not have a husband or partner]她是单身母亲。 35. She was a mother to me after my own mother died.我母亲死后，她对我就像妈妈一样。 36. She is regarded as the mother of an entire industry.她被视作整个行业的创始人。 37. the mother of an important social movement重大社会运动的女发起人 38. Some say that scandal is the mother of reform.有人说那则丑闻是改革的导火索。 39. mother Teresa特蕾莎院长 40. "Thank you, mother."谢谢您，院长！ 41. It has been described as the mother of all construction projects. [=an extremely large construction project]它被称为迄今为止规模最大的建设工程。 42. That guy is one mean mother.那家伙是个卑鄙的混账东西。 43. She is looking forward to marriage and motherhood.她期望结婚生子。 44. Her death left three motherless children.她死后留下三个失去母亲的孩子。 45. a motherless calf失去妈妈的小牛 46. She mothered two sons but no daughters.她生了两个儿子，但没有女儿。 47. He says he's old enough to care for himself and he doesn't want to be mothered. [=he doesn't want to be cared for as if he were a child]他说他已经长大能照顾自己了，不想再被当作孩子一样呵护了。 48. a sensitive child who needs careful mothering需要母亲般细心照料的敏感孩子 49. her mothering [=maternal] abilities/instincts她慈母般的呵护能力/天性