mother
UK
mother, Mother n: (female parent)
SC 妈妈 mā mɑ
TC 媽媽
TC 媽媽
SC 母亲 mā mɑ ，mǔ qīn
TC 母親
TC 母親
I love my mother with all my heart.
Life changes when you become a mother.
我全心全意地爱着妈妈。// 你成为母亲后，生活就发生了改变。
Mother interj: (female parent: in direct address) (称呼语)
SC 母亲，妈妈 mǔ qīn ，mā mɑ
TC 母親，媽媽
TC 母親，媽媽
Mother! Where did you go? May I have some more cake, Mother?
妈妈！你去哪儿了？我还能再吃些蛋糕么，妈妈？
the mother of [sth] n: figurative (cause)
SC 原因, 缘由
Some think that diplomacy is the mother of inaction.
mother n: figurative (maternal quality)
SC 母性 mǔ xìng
SC 母爱 mǔ xìng，mǔ ài
It is the mother in her that leads to her kindness and patience.
Mother n: (Mother Superior)
SC 女修道院院长 nǚ xiū dào yuàn yuàn zhǎng
Mother Superior is always early for mass.
mother n as adj: (motherly, maternal)
SC 母亲的 mǔ qīn de
TC 母親的
TC 母親的
SC 妈妈的 mǔ qīn de ，mā ma de
Mother love is the source of endless tolerance.
mother n as adj: (mother animal) (动物)
SC 母亲 mǔ qīn
TC 母親
TC 母親
SC 妈妈 mǔ qīn ，mā mɑ
TC 媽媽
TC 媽媽
The mother bear ferociously protected her cubs.
mother [sb] vtr: (be the mother of)
SC 做…的母亲 zuò de mǔ qīn
SC 生养 zuò de mǔ qīn，shēng yǎng
I think that Julie will mother lots of children.
mother [sth] vtr: (give birth to)
SC 生育 shēng yù
The wolf mothered two cubs.
mother [sb/sth] vtr: (protect, nurture)
SC 保护 bǎo hù
TC 保護
TC 保護
SC 照管 bǎo hù，zhào guǎn
SC 照顾 bǎo hù，zhào gù
TC 照顧
TC 照顧
They mother their families, making sure that there is proper food and clothing.
mother [sb] vtr: (act like a mother to)
SC 像母亲一样对待
SC 像妈妈一样照顾
Stop mothering me. You are my girlfriend, not my mom.
birth mother n: (biological female parent)
SC 生母
My adoptive mother helped me find my birth mother.
den mother n: US (female scout leader)
SC 童子军女训导 tóng zǐ jūn nǚ xùn dǎo
Most of what the young scouts had been taught came from their den mother.
女童子军的多数知识都来自其训导。
den mother n: US, figurative (woman: social organizer) (比喻, 指女性)
SC 牵头人
Jack is the den mother of the office staff, always arranging little social gatherings and the like.
杰克是办公室员工的牵头人，总是举行些小型社交集会什么的。
foster mother n: (mother by temporary adoption)
SC 养母 yǎng mǔ
My foster mother loved me as dearly as her own children.
mother's boy, mama's boy (US), mamma's boy (US), momma's boy (US), mummy's boy (UK) n: informal, pejorative (man overly attached to his mother)
SC 胆小怕事的男孩子 dǎn xiǎo pà shì de nán hái zi
Tim's mother has him tied to her apron strings; he's become a mama's boy.
mother company n: (business that owns a subsidiary)
SC 母公司 mǔ gōng sī
mother country n: (country of birth, native land)
SC 祖国 zǔ guó
TC 祖國
TC 祖國
A patriot is willing to sacrifice for the mother country.
Mother Earth, mother earth n: (Planet Earth)
SC 地球母亲 dì qiú mǔ qīn
TC 大地
TC 大地
mother figure n: ([sb] maternal or nurturing)
SC 慈母般的人 cí mǔ bān de rén
SC 母亲的化身 cí mǔ bān de rén，mǔ qīn de huà shēn
mother figure n: (female guardian)
SC 母职人物 mǔ zhí rén wù
TC 母職人物
TC 母職人物
Mother Goose n: UK (pantomime) (童话形象)
SC 鹅妈妈 é mā ma
TC 鵝媽媽
TC 鵝媽媽
mother goose, Mother Goose adj: (nursery-rhyme, nursery-story)
SC 童谣的 tóng yáo de
TC 童謠的
TC 童謠的
Mother Goose n: US (fictional nursery rhyme author) (假托的童谣作家名)
SC 鹅妈妈 é mā ma
TC 鵝媽媽
TC 鵝媽媽
mother hen n: figurative (overprotective woman)
SC 爱操心的女人
mother lode n: (vein of precious metal) (矿)
SC 主脉 zhǔ mài
SC 源泉，来源 yuán quán，lái yuán
TC 源泉(比喻)
TC 源泉(比喻)
The miners struck the mother lode and dug out tons of gold ore.
mother love n: (affection felt by a mother for her child)
SC 母爱 mǔ ài
Mother Nature n: figurative (personification of natural world)
SC 大自然母亲
SC 大自然 dà zì rán
TC 大自然
TC 大自然
The developers built everywhere, with no regard for Mother Nature.
mother ship: (nautical)
SC 母船
SC 母舰
mother superior, Mother Superior n: (abbess: head nun)
SC 女修道院院长 nǚ xiū dào yuàn yuàn zhǎng
mother tongue, mother language n: (native language)
SC 母语 mǔ yǔ
Juan's mother tongue is Spanish.
胡安的母语是西班牙语。
mother-in-law n: (spouse's mother) (女方对丈夫母亲的称呼)
SC 婆婆 pó po
TC 婆婆
TC 婆婆
SC 岳母，丈母娘 yuè mǔ，zhàng mǔ niáng(男方对妻子母亲的称呼)
Stephen always got on very well with his mother-in-law.
mother-of-pearl adj: (made of mother-of-pearl)
SC 珍珠母制的
mother-of-pearl adj: figurative (nacreous, pearlescent)
SC 珠母般的，珠光四射的
mother-of-pearl n: (pearlescent interior of mollusc shell) (某些软体动物壳最内层的结构)
SC 珍珠层，珠母层
mother-to-be n: (pregnant woman)
SC 孕妇 yùn fù
Mother's Day, also UK: Mothering Sunday n: (celebration for mothers)
SC 母亲节 mǔ qīn jié
TC 母親節
TC 母親節
What date is Mother's Day this year?
mother's milk n: (woman's breast milk)
SC 母乳 mǔ rǔ
mother's milk n: figurative (nourishment)
SC 滋养的源泉 zī yǎng de yuán quán
queen mother, Queen Mother n: (mother of a reigning monarch)
SC 太后 tài hòu
TC 太后
TC 太后
SC 皇太后 tài hòu，huáng tài hòu
SC 王母 tài hòu，wáng mǔ
The Queen Mother made her views on horse racing very clear: she loved it!
single mother n: (female parent without a partner)
SC 单身母亲 dān shēn mǔ qīn
TC 單身母親
TC 單身母親
She's been a single mother since her husband died last year.
stepmother, step-mother n: (parent's wife)
SC 继母 jì mǔ
Did your stepmother inherit all of your dad's estate?
你父亲所有的财产是不是都被你的继母继承了？
stepmother, step-mother n: (wicked figure in fairy tales) (童话中的邪恶形象)
SC 恶毒继母
TC 惡毒繼母
TC 惡毒繼母
In fairy tales the stepmother is often wicked and hates children.
童话的继母大多非常恶毒，讨厌小孩。
surrogate mother n: (woman who carries another's baby)
SC 代孕母亲 dài yùn mǔ qīn
working mother n: (mother who has job)
SC 职业妇女
SC 职场母亲