mother

英 ['mʌðə(r)] 美 ['mʌðər]

• n. 母亲；妈妈
• adj. 母亲的；母体的；本源的
• vt. 生育；像母亲一样关爱

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]母亲,妈妈

   a female parent of a child or animal

2. [C][U]根由,根源

   the cause and origin

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 母亲，妈妈，母
2. 大妈，大娘
3. 【微生物】醋母
4. 渣滓，糟
5. 本源，根由，起源
6. 老伯母，老大娘，老太太
7. 对女修道院院长的尊称，修女院长，女修道院院长
8. 小时候，孩提时

adj. 形容词

1. 母的，母亲的
2. 本国的，母国的
3. 慈母般的
4. 来源的，根源的，源由的
5. 母体的

v. 动词

1. 像母亲一般地照料
2. 产，生，生下
3. 产生出
4. 生醋母
5. 当作儿女抚养
6. 像母亲一样照管
7. 保育
8. 声明自己是的作者
9. 【军】掩护
10. 对...过分照顾
11. 产生
12. 照看，照料
13. 收养
14. 给以母亲的关爱
15. 保护
16. 收养…为子女，承认自己为…的母亲
17. 承认自己是…的作者
18. 承认…是鼻祖

英英释义

Noun:

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

   "the mother of three children"
   

2. a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar

3. a term of address for an elderly woman

4. a term of address for a mother superior

5. a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation;

   "necessity is the mother of invention"
   

Verb:

1. care for like a mother;

   "She fusses over her husband"
   

2. make children;

   "Abraham begot Isaac"
   "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. I wonder when mother will ring?
   我不知道母亲什么时候会打电话来？
2. It happened that my mother was out that day.
   我母亲恰巧那天出去了。
3. He disobeyed his mother and went to the party.
   他不听母亲的劝告，参加了那次聚会。
4. My mother is a housewife.
   我妈妈是个家庭妇女。
5. The mother bade the child behave himself.
   妈妈叮咛孩子要守规矩。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Mother love is the greatest in the world.
   世界上母爱是最伟大的。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. My sister mothered a little baby two days ago.
   两天前我姐姐生了个孩子。
2. He likes to mother the toddlers.
   他喜欢像母亲般照管学步的小孩。
3. Mrs.Green mothered the lost children.
   格林太太慈母般照料那几个走失的孩子。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. A mother feels tense when her baby is ill.
   母亲在小孩生病时会感到紧张。
2. She was very sympathetic when my mother died.
   她对我母亲的去世深表同情。
3. A mother naturally feels protective towards her children.
   做母亲的天生要保护自己的孩子。
4. His mother had trained him to be a very proper young man.
   他的母亲已经把他培养成一个非常得体的年轻人。
5. The little boy's mother told him off for his being naughty.
   小男孩的母亲因为他淘气把他骂了一顿。
6. She is a perfect wife and mother.
   她是位贤妻良母。
7. The two brothers are so much alike that even their own mother hardly can tell them apart.
   这兄弟俩长得如此相像,甚至他们的母亲也很难识别。
8. He gets tax relief because he supports his old mother.
   他因赡养年迈的母亲而得以减税。
9. She is nice to her husband's father and mother.
   她对待公婆很贤惠。
10. Like mother, like daughter.
    有其母必有其女。
11. Mother and father are parents.
    母亲和父亲即双亲。
12. Old Mother Adams next door has lost her cat again.
    隔壁亚当斯老大娘的猫又不见了。
13. Come along now,Mother, get into the ambulance.
    来,大娘,上救护车吧。
14. Mother Zhang has gone to Shanghai.
    张大妈已到上海去了。
15. Can I borrow your car, please, mother?
    妈妈,我借用一下你的汽车行吗?
16. It brought out the mother in her.
    这激发了她的母爱。
17. All the mother in her soul awakes.
    她灵魂中的所有慈爱都被唤起。
18. China was once Japan's spiritual mother.
    中国曾经是日本的精神源泉。
19. That is a mother bird.
    那是一只鸟妈妈。
20. Chinese is our mother tongue.
    汉语是我们的母语。

～+of n./pron.

1. She has been a mother of two.
   她是个有两个孩子的妈妈了。
2. Failure is the mother of success.
   失败是成功之母。
3. Necessity is the mother of invention.
   需要是发明之母。
4. School is the mother of learning.
   学校是知识的源泉。

经典引文

• Lambs are glad Nosing the mother's udder.

  出自： Tennyson

• Mother and I..feel it's only neighbourly to do what we can.

  出自： A. Christie

• Expectant mothers will be immunized.

  出自：Woman's Own

• Through normal birth, she has just mothered a normal, contented baby.

  出自：Scientific American

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

First Mother

国家元首的母亲,第一母亲 mother of principal

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• become mother 当母亲
• bring out mother 唤起了母爱
• lose one's mother 失去母亲
• pester mother 纠缠着母亲

形容词+～

• devoted mother 一心为孩子的母亲
• doting mother 溺爱的母亲
• expectant mother 待产妇
• fond mother 慈母
• foster mother 养母
• indulgent mother 宽容的母亲,溺爱子女的母亲
• spiritual mother 精神源泉

～+介词

• mother of… 的母亲,…的源泉
• mother to the poor 贫民的慈母

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. mother的基本意思是“母亲,妈妈”,也可用作对年长妇女的尊称。
2. mother用于比喻可指“根由,本源”,作此解时,其后常接of加名词或代词。
3. mother用作前置定语,可修饰动物或植物,还可修饰国家、民族和语言等。
4. mother前有定冠词时,其含义可以抽象化,等于motherhood。
5. mother用于称呼时,是专指某人的专有名词,其前不加冠词。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

mother country, motherland

• 这两个词(组)词义和用法上没有明显的区别,只是前者更常用。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 你那么忙,没有时间想起你母亲。

   误 You'll be so busy that you won't have time to think of your mother.

   正 You'll be so busy that you won't have time to think of mother.

   析 在家里对熟人谈话或写信时,通常不说my mother或your mother,而说mother。

2. 母亲与孩子的关系通常十分密切。

   误 There is usually a strong relationship between the mother and child.

   正 There is usually a strong relationship between mother and child.

   析 mother与child, daughter, father等词连用,通常不加冠词。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的modor；最初源自德语的meist，意为母亲。

近反义词

【近义词】

• mama
• mammy
• mum
• old lady

【反义词】

• father 父亲