a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth
母亲。
a person who provides the care and affection normally associated with a female parent
做母亲的人,慈母般的人
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my adoptive mother .我的养母。
a female animal in relation to its offspring
母兽;母畜
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[as modifier]
a mother penguin .企鹅妈妈。
〈古〉 (尤作对年长妇女的称呼)大娘。
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妇女宗教团体的女主持人(尤用于称号或称呼)。
[as modifier]denoting an institution or organization from which more recently founded institutions of the same type derive
母机构;母组织。
〈喻〉 根源,根由
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the wish was the mother of the deed .愿望是行动之母。
〈非正式〉 极端的情况;大家伙
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I got stuck in the mother of all traffic jams .我陷入最糟的交通堵塞中。
〈粗 俚,主北美〉
[often as noun
抚育(孩子)
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the art of mothering .育儿之道。
look after kindly and protectively, sometimes excessively so
母亲般地照管;溺爱
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she mothered her husband, insisting he should take cod liver oil in the winter .她无微不至地关心丈夫,坚持让他冬天吃鳕鱼肝油。
〈旧〉 生育。
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mothern.母亲;母兽;做母亲的人;母机构;大家伙;慈母般的人;母畜;大娘;妇女宗教团体的女主持人
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otheradj. & pron.另一个;其他的;别的;另外的;额外的;更多的;性交;对立面;对立的事物;其余的
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