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    mother 的英语意思

    mothermother1 /ˈmʌðə $ -ər/ noun [countable] 查看全部语言翻译1a female parent of a child or animal(孩子或动物的)母亲;母兽:  His mother and father are both doctors.他的母亲和父亲都是医生。mother of two/three etc (=mother of two/three etc children)(即两个/三个等孩子的母亲) Janet is a full-time teacher and a mother of two.珍妮特是一名全职教师,也是两个孩子的母亲。 the relationship between mother and child母子(女)关系 Goodnight, Mother.晚安,妈妈。 Mother said they’d met at university.妈妈说他们是在大学认识的。 If food is scarce, the mother will feed the smaller, weaker chicks.食物匮乏时,母亲(母兽)会优先喂养较小、较弱的幼雏。mother cat/bird/hen etc (=an animal that is a mother)(即作为母亲的动物;母兽)2be (like) a mother to somebody to care for someone as if you were their mother像对方的母亲一样照料某人:  She’s like a mother to them. If they need anything she always helps out.她对他们就像母亲一样。他们有任何需要,她总会伸出援手。3like a mother hen if someone behaves like a mother hen, they try to protect their children too much and worry about them all the time若某人表现得像老母鸡,即指他们试图对孩子过度保护,并时刻为孩子担心4learn/be taught something at your mother’s knee to learn something when you are a very young child在幼年时学会某事物:  the prayers which he had been taught at his mother’s knee他自幼在母亲膝前学会的祈祷词5the mother of something a)the origin or cause of something某事物的起源或根源:  Westminster is known as ‘the mother of parliaments’.威斯敏斯特被称为"议会之母"。 Necessity is the mother of invention (=people have good ideas when the situation makes it necessary).需要是发明之母(即情况所迫时,人们会产生好点子)。 b)informal非正式 a very severe or extreme type of something, usually something bad某事物极端严重的类型,通常指坏事:  I woke up with the mother of all hangovers.我醒来时宿醉得史上最严重。6spoken口语 especially American English something very large and usually very good非常大、通常也非常好的事物:  a real mother of a car一辆真正了不起的好车7American English taboo忌讳语 spoken口语 motherfuckermotherfucker8Mother used to address the woman who is in charge of a convent用于称呼修道院院长(院长修女)THESAURUS同义词辨析mother a female parent女性亲本;母亲: · My mother and father are both teachers.·我的母亲和父亲都是老师。mum British English informal非正式, mom American English informal非正式 used when talking to your father, or about someone’s father用于和自己的父亲说话,或谈论他人的父亲时: · My mum and dad won’t mind if you want to stay the night.·我妈妈和爸爸不会介意你留宿的。· Mom, where’s my sweater?·妈,我的毛衣在哪儿?mummy British English, mommy American English a name for mother, which is used especially by young children or when you are talking to young children对母亲的称呼,尤其用于幼儿或对幼儿说话时: · Where’s Mummy, Abbie?·妈妈在哪儿,艾比?ma American English old-fashioned旧式 used when talking to your mother, or about someone’s mother用于和自己的母亲说话,或谈论他人的母亲时: · Ma stirred the soup on the stove.·妈妈在炉子上搅动着汤。mama old-fashioned旧式 used when talking to your mother, or about someone’s mother用于和自己的母亲说话,或谈论他人的母亲时: · Mama seldom disagreed with Papa.·妈妈很少与爸爸意见相左。stepmother (also stepmum British English informal非正式, stepmom American English informal非正式) a woman who is married to your father, who is not your mother but often acts as your parent与父亲结婚的女性,并非亲生母亲,但通常担当父母角色;继母: · the wicked stepmother in fairy stories·童话故事中的恶毒继母
    mothermother2 verb [transitive] to look after and protect someone as if you were their mother, especially by being too kind and doing everything for them像母亲一样照料和保护某人,尤指过分溺爱、事事代劳:  I don’t like being mothered!我不喜欢被人当孩子似地过度照管!