mother

noun

1. 母亲；妈妈
   a female parent of a child or animal; a person who is acting as a mother to a child
   1. I want to buy a present for my mother and father.
      我想给爸爸妈妈买件礼物。
   2. the relationship between mother and baby
      母婴关系
   3. She's the mother of twins.
      她有一对双胞胎。
   4. a mother of three (= with three children)
      三个孩子的妈妈
   5. an expectant (= pregnant) mother
      孕妇
   6. She was a wonderful mother to both her natural and adopted children.
      她对亲生的和领养的孩子一样好。
   7. the mother chimpanzee caring for her young
      照料着幼崽的母猩猩
2. （对女修道院院长的尊称）
   the title of a woman who is head of a convent (= a community of nuns )

verb

1. 给以母亲的关爱；像母亲般地照顾
   to care for sb/sth because you are their mother, or as if you were their mother
   1. He was a disturbed child who needed mothering.
      他是个心理失常的孩子，需要悉心照顾。
   2. Stop mothering me!
      我不要你的照顾！

1. N-FAMILY 母亲;妈妈
   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.
   1. She sat on the edge of her mother's bed...
      她坐在母亲床边。
   2. She's an English teacher and a mother of two children...
      她是英语教师，还是两个孩子的母亲。
   3. Mother and child form a close attachment...
      母子情深。
   4. I'm here, Mother.
      我在这儿呢，妈妈。
2. VERB (通常指母亲)照看，抚养，养育
   If a woman mothers a child, she looks after it and brings it up, usually because she is its mother.
   1. Colleen had dreamed of mothering a large family.
      科琳曾梦想抚养一群孩子。
3. VERB 爱护;溺爱
   If you mother someone, you treat them with great care and affection, as if they were a small child.
   1. She felt a great need to mother him...
      她迫切地感到要细心照料他。
   2. Stop mothering me.
      别再宠我了。

1. John lives with his ageing mother
   约翰和他年迈的母亲一起生活。
2. The baby's mother escaped from the fire along with two other children
   婴儿的母亲和另外两个孩子一起逃离了火海。
3. I think your mother was baptized a Catholic.
   我想你母亲受洗成了天主教徒。
4. She's my mother
   她是我母亲。
5. My mother had just died and I found the book very comforting
   我母亲刚去世，我从这本书中获取了不少慰藉。
6. My natural mother has never communicated with me
   我的亲生母亲从未和我联系过。
7. My mother had consequently made her own shrewd deductions about what was going on in my marriage.
   我母亲已据此对我的婚姻状况作出了她自己精明的推断。
8. My mother detested him
   我母亲对他很是厌恶。
9. Sadly, both he and my mother died of cancer
   非常不幸的是，他和我母亲都死于癌症。
10. She and my mother were birds of a feather.
    她和我妈妈是一个类型的人。
11. I'm friendly with his mother
    我和他母亲很要好。
12. My mother heard of this school through Leslie
    我母亲是从莱斯利那里知道这所学校的。
13. Before the wedding, I had a heart-to-heart talk with my mother.
    婚礼前，我和母亲好好谈了谈心。
14. You know you can phone me — here's my mother's number
    你可以给我打电话——给你，这是我母亲的电话号码。
15. She sat on the edge of her mother's bed
    她坐在母亲床边。
16. She's an English teacher and a mother of two children
    她是英语教师，还是两个孩子的母亲。
17. Colleen had dreamed of mothering a large family.
    科琳曾梦想抚养一群孩子。
18. She felt a great need to mother him
    她迫切地感到要细心照料他。
19. Stop mothering me.
    别再宠我了。
20. She has been reunited with her natural mother
    她和亲生母亲团聚了。
21. I bought a birthday present for my mother
    我给母亲买了一份生日礼物。
22. All I had was money, which I pressed on her reluctant mother
    我就只有钱了，她母亲虽然不愿接受，我还是硬塞给了她。
23. Margaret proved herself to be a good mother
    玛格丽特证明了自己是个好妈妈。
24. My mother would help me with my schoolwork.
    我的母亲会帮我做功课。
25. He is not speaking to his mother because of her friendship with his ex-wife
    因为母亲和前妻仍旧保持着友好的关系，他便不再和母亲说话。
26. I started spitting blood and my mother panicked.
    我开始吐血，我母亲吓坏了。
27. How many times has your mother told you never to talk to strangers?
    你母亲告诉你多少次了，绝不能和陌生人谈话？
28. My mother was ahead of her time. She surrounded me with culture and art.
    我母亲思想前卫，给予了我文化和艺术的熏陶。
29. I had a letter from my mother last week
    上周我收到了母亲的一封信。
30. You have wronged my mother
    你冤枉了我妈妈。

  mommy mother mummy【导航词义：妈妈】

  mommy n. 〈美〉妈咪

〔辨析〕多为儿语，或与孩子讲话时的用语。

  mother n. 母亲，妈妈；母兽，母畜，母禽

〔辨析〕可用于人，也可用于动物。

  mummy n. 〈英〉妈咪

〔辨析〕词义同 mommy，可换用。

n.

at your mother's knee

• 小时候；孩提时
  when you were very young
  1. I learnt these songs at my mother's knee.
     我小时候学过这些歌曲。

the mother of (all) sth

• 非常大（或讨厌、重要等）的事情
  used to emphasize that sth is very large, unpleasant, important, etc.
  1. I got stuck in the mother of all traffic jams.
     我被困在最严重的一次大塞车之中。

necessity is the mother of invention

• 需要是发明之母
  a difficult new problem forces people to think of a solution to it

old enough to be sb's father/mother

• 论年龄足以当某人的爹 / 娘（尤指双方在爱情或性关系方面不相配）
  very much older than sb (especially used to suggest that a romantic or sexual relationship between the two people is not appropriate)

noun

1. a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation
   1. necessity is the mother of invention

2. a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
   1. the mother of three children

   Synonym:    female parent

3. a term of address for a mother superior

4. a term of address for an elderly woman

5. a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria

verb

1. make children
   1. Abraham begot Isaac
   2. Men often father children but don't recognize them

   Synonym:    begetgetengenderfathersiregeneratebring forth

2. care for like a mother
   1. She fusses over her husband

   Synonym:    fussoverprotect