mother

Word family noun mother motherhood mothering motherlinessmotherboardmother countrymothercraftmotherfuckermother-in-lawmother lodeMother of Godmother-of-pearlMother's Daymothershipmother-to-bemother tonguemotherwortadjective motherly motherless motherfuckingmotheryverb mother

moth·er1 /ˈmʌðə $ -ər/ S1 W1 noun [countableC]

1 MOTHERa female parent of a child or animal 母亲，妈妈；母兽，母畜，母禽

His mother and father are both doctors.

他的父母都是医生。

mother of two/three etc (=mother of two/three etc children) 两个/三个等孩子的母亲

Janet is a full-time teacher and a mother of two.

珍妮特是全职教师，还是两个孩子的母亲。

the relationship between mother and child

母亲和孩子之间的关系

Goodnight, Mother.

晚安，妈妈。

Mother said they’d met at university.

母亲说他们是在大学里认识的。

If food is scarce, the mother will feed the smaller, weaker chicks.

如果食物稀少，母禽就喂较小、较弱的幼禽。

mother cat/bird/hen etc (=an animal that is a mother) 母猫/雌鸟/母鸡等

2 be (like) a mother to somebody MOTHERto care for someone as if you were their mother 像母亲般照料某人

She’s like a mother to them. If they need anything she always helps out.

她就像他们的母亲一样，他们需要什么她总是帮忙解决。

3. like a mother hen PROTECTif someone behaves like a mother hen, they try to protect their children too much and worry about them all the time 像只老母鸡〔指过分保护子女并时时为他们操心〕

4 learn/be taught something at your mother’s knee LEARNto learn something when you are a very young child 年幼时就学习/被教会某事

the prayers which he had been taught at his mother’s knee

他在母亲的膝头上学会的祷告

5 the mother of something

a) COME FROM/ORIGINATEthe origin or cause of something …之母，…的根由[根源]

Westminster is known as ‘the mother of parliaments’.

威斯敏斯特以“议会之母”闻名。

Necessity is the mother of invention (=people have good ideas when the situation makes it necessary).

需求是发明之母。

b) informalBAD a very severe or extreme type of something, usually something bad 很严重[极端]的某事

I woke up with the mother of all hangovers.

我醒来时宿醉反应很严重。

Examples from the Corpus

the mother of something• the mother of all battles• Necessity is the mother of invention.• I woke up with the mother of all hangovers.

6 spoken especially American EnglishAmEBIG something very large and usually very good 大家伙〔一般指很好的东西〕

a real mother of a car

真正的巨型好车

7. American EnglishAmE taboo spokenINSULTDON'T LIKE motherfucker 混账东西，杂种

n8. → Mother

n THESAURUS

mother a female parent

My mother and father are both teachers.

mum British EnglishBrE informal, mom American EnglishAmE informal used when talking to your father, or about someone’s father

My mum and dad won’t mind if you want to stay the night.

Mom, where’s my sweater?

mummy British EnglishBrE, mommy American EnglishAmE a name for mother, which is used especially by young children or when you are talking to young children

Where’s Mummy, Abbie?

ma American EnglishAmE old-fashioned used when talking to your mother, or about someone’s mother

Ma stirred the soup on the stove.

mama old-fashioned used when talking to your mother, or about someone’s mother

Mama seldom disagreed with Papa.

stepmother (also stepmum British EnglishBrE informal, stepmom American EnglishAmE informal) a woman who is married to your father, who is not your mother but often acts as your parent

the wicked stepmother in fairy stories

Examples from the Corpus

mother• Mother just loved crossword puzzles.• a mother hen and her chicks• Like most mothers, I always feel anxious when my children come home late.• My mother and father are both teachers.• My mother says I have to be home by 9 o'clock.• The 29-year-old mother of two was attacked while walking her dog in woods near her home.• a real mother of a car• As a single mother, Linda relies on state benefits which are nowhere near enough.

Mother

RRCused to address the woman who is in charge of a convent 院长嬤嬤〔对女修道院院长的称呼〕

mother2 verb [transitiveT]

MOTHERto look after and protect someone as if you were their mother, especially by being too kind and doing everything for them 像母亲般照管；〔尤指〕溺爱

I don’t like being mothered!

我不喜欢有人像妈妈一样管着我！

Examples from the Corpus

mother• Fair enough-invention had been successfully mothered again by NECessity.• She mothered all of them in a way that Jennie could not now she was becoming more erratic.• But why discuss mothering alone in a book about redefining motherhood?• Brenda just tries to mother everyone.• A new kind of mothering exists between these two extremes, at the locus of self.• In such societies girls learn mothering from their earliest years, usually by mothering their brothers and sisters.

Origin mother1

Old English modor

单词	mother
释义	mother Word family noun mother motherhood mothering motherlinessmotherboardmother countrymothercraftmotherfuckermother-in-lawmother lodeMother of Godmother-of-pearlMother's Daymothershipmother-to-bemother tonguemotherwortadjective motherly motherless motherfuckingmotheryverb mother moth·er1 /ˈmʌðə $ -ər/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countableC] 1 MOTHERa female parent of a child or animal 母亲，妈妈；母兽，母畜，母禽 His mother and father are both doctors. 他的父母都是医生。 mother of two/three etc (=mother of two/three etc children) 两个/三个等孩子的母亲 Janet is a full-time teacher and a mother of two. 珍妮特是全职教师，还是两个孩子的母亲。 the relationship between mother and child 母亲和孩子之间的关系 Goodnight, Mother. 晚安，妈妈。 Mother said they’d met at university. 母亲说他们是在大学里认识的。 If food is scarce, the mother will feed the smaller, weaker chicks. 如果食物稀少，母禽就喂较小、较弱的幼禽。 mother cat/bird/hen etc (=an animal that is a mother) 母猫/雌鸟/母鸡等 2 be (like) a mother to somebody MOTHERto care for someone as if you were their mother 像母亲般照料某人 She’s like a mother to them. If they need anything she always helps out. 她就像他们的母亲一样，他们需要什么她总是帮忙解决。 3. like a mother hen PROTECTif someone behaves like a mother hen, they try to protect their children too much and worry about them all the time 像只老母鸡〔指过分保护子女并时时为他们操心〕 4 learn/be taught something at your mother’s knee LEARNto learn something when you are a very young child 年幼时就学习/被教会某事 the prayers which he had been taught at his mother’s knee 他在母亲的膝头上学会的祷告 5 the mother of something a) COME FROM/ORIGINATEthe origin or cause of something …之母，…的根由[根源] Westminster is known as ‘the mother of parliaments’. 威斯敏斯特以“议会之母”闻名。 Necessity is the mother of invention (=people have good ideas when the situation makes it necessary). 需求是发明之母。 b) informalBAD a very severe or extreme type of something, usually something bad 很严重[极端]的某事 I woke up with the mother of all hangovers. 我醒来时宿醉反应很严重。 Examples from the Corpus the mother of something• the mother of all battles• Necessity is the mother of invention.• I woke up with the mother of all hangovers. 6 spoken especially American EnglishAmEBIG something very large and usually very good 大家伙〔一般指很好的东西〕 a real mother of a car 真正的巨型好车 7. American EnglishAmE taboo spokenINSULTDON'T LIKE motherfucker 混账东西，杂种 n8. → Mother n THESAURUS mother a female parent My mother and father are both teachers. mum British EnglishBrE informal, mom American EnglishAmE informal used when talking to your father, or about someone’s father My mum and dad won’t mind if you want to stay the night. Mom, where’s my sweater? mummy British EnglishBrE, mommy American EnglishAmE a name for mother, which is used especially by young children or when you are talking to young children Where’s Mummy, Abbie? ma American EnglishAmE old-fashioned used when talking to your mother, or about someone’s mother Ma stirred the soup on the stove. mama old-fashioned used when talking to your mother, or about someone’s mother Mama seldom disagreed with Papa. stepmother (also stepmum British EnglishBrE informal, stepmom American EnglishAmE informal) a woman who is married to your father, who is not your mother but often acts as your parent the wicked stepmother in fairy stories Examples from the Corpus mother• Mother just loved crossword puzzles.• a mother hen and her chicks• Like most mothers, I always feel anxious when my children come home late.• My mother and father are both teachers.• My mother says I have to be home by 9 o'clock.• The 29-year-old mother of two was attacked while walking her dog in woods near her home.• a real mother of a car• As a single mother, Linda relies on state benefits which are nowhere near enough. Mother RRCused to address the woman who is in charge of a convent 院长嬤嬤〔对女修道院院长的称呼〕 mother2 verb [transitiveT] MOTHERto look after and protect someone as if you were their mother, especially by being too kind and doing everything for them 像母亲般照管；〔尤指〕溺爱 I don’t like being mothered! 我不喜欢有人像妈妈一样管着我！ Examples from the Corpus mother• Fair enough-invention had been successfully mothered again by NECessity.• She mothered all of them in a way that Jennie could not now she was becoming more erratic.• But why discuss mothering alone in a book about redefining motherhood?• Brenda just tries to mother everyone.• A new kind of mothering exists between these two extremes, at the locus of self.• In such societies girls learn mothering from their earliest years, usually by mothering their brothers and sisters. Origin mother1 Old English modor
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