| 单词 | the mother of something |
| 释义 | the mother of somethingthe 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. → the mother of something at mother1(4) |
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