新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

mother

英  [ˈmʌðə]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • mothers

    1[C 可数名词] 母亲

    Your mother is the woman who gave birth to you. You can also call someone your mother if she brings you up as if she was this woman.

    双语例句

    例:

    She sat on the edge of her mother's bed.

    她坐在母亲的床边。

    例:

    She's an English teacher and a mother of two children.

    她是一位英语老师,也是两个孩子的母亲。

    VERB. 动词
  • mothers , mothering , mothered

    1[T 及物动词] 抚养

    If a woman mothers a child, she takes care of it and brings it up, usually because she is its mother.

    双语例句

    例:

    Colleen had dreamed of mothering a large family.

    科琳曾梦想抚养一大群孩子。

    2[T 及物动词] 爱护

    If you mother someone, you treat them with great care and affection, as if they were a small child.

    双语例句

    例:

    Stop mothering me.

    别再宠我了。

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