mum
noun/mʌm/
/mʌm/
(British English) (North American English mom)
(informal)Idioms - a mother
妈妈 - Call your mum.
打电话给你妈妈。 - My mum says I can't go.
我妈说我不能去。 - Happy Birthday, Mum.
妈妈，生日快乐！ - A lot of mums and dads have the same worries.
许多父母都有同样的担忧。 - She's a single mum with two kids.
她是个单身妈妈，有两个孩子。 - expectant/new/young/teenage mums
准／新／年轻／未成年妈妈 - stay-at-home/working mums
全职／职场妈妈
Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsa1- Bella lives with her mum in Oxford.
贝拉和她妈妈住在牛津。 - Marc waved goodbye to his mum.
马克向妈妈挥手告别。 - The cat acted as a surrogate mum to the chicks.
这只猫当起了小鸡的代理妈妈。 - The group is aimed at new mums with young babies.
该群体针对的是初为人母的女性。 - She's a single mum raising two kids on her own.
她是一位单亲妈妈，独自抚养两个孩子。 - Young mums can often find themselves isolated.
年轻妈妈经常会发现自己被孤立。 - She has just become the proud mum of a baby girl.
她刚刚成为一名女婴的骄傲妈妈。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- young
- single
- unmarried
- …
- mum and dad
Word Originnoun mid 17th cent.: abbreviation of mummy ‘mother’. - Call your mum.
Idioms
the Bank of Mum and Dad
- (British English, informal) financial support from your parents, especially when you are an adult
来自父母的经济支持，尤其是当您成年后 - Without support from the Bank of Mum and Dad, they could find themselves locked out of the housing market.
如果没有父母银行的支持，他们可能会发现自己被排除在房地产市场之外。
- Without support from the Bank of Mum and Dad, they could find themselves locked out of the housing market.