1 N-COUNT [oft with poss] 祖国 Someone's mother country is the country in which they or their ancestors were born and to which they still feel emotionally linked, even if they live somewhere else. 祖国
2 N-SING (控制别国的)母国;宗主国 If you refer to the mother country of a particular state or country, you are referring to the very powerful country that used to control its affairs. (控制别国的)母国;宗主国
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Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, had no colonial conflict with the mother country.
澳大利亚、新西兰和加拿大跟它们的宗主国不曾有殖民冲突。
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