Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense mothers, present participle mothering, past tense, past participle mothered
1N-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. 母亲;妈妈
She sat on the edge of her mother's bed.
她坐在母亲床边。
She's an English teacher and a mother of two children. [+ of]
她是英语教师,还是两个孩子的母亲。
Mother and child form a close attachment.
母子情深。
I'm here, Mother.
我在这儿呢,妈妈。
2VERB (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. (通常指母亲)照看,抚养,养育
Colleen had dreamed of mothering a large family. [VERB noun]
So for the mother's sake the child was dear And dearer was the mother for the childSamuel Taylor Coleridge`Sonnet to a Friend Who Asked How I Felt When the Nurse First Presented My Infant Child to Me'
Honour thy mother and thy fatherBible:Exodus
As is the mother, so is her daughterBible: Ezekiel
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is hisOscar WildeThe Importance of Being Earnest
Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate motherW. Somerset MaughamA Writer's Notebook