英汉词典

mother 基本解释

• n. 母亲；大娘；女修道院院长
• vt. 生下；养育；像母亲般关怀或照管
• adj. 母亲的；出生地的

mother 词态变化

mother 中文词源

来自PIE*mater,妈妈，来自*ma,妈，儿语，词源同maternal,matron.-ter,表亲属关系。拼写喉音化。

比喻用法。

mother 英文词源

mother

mother: [OE] The ancestral Indo-European word for ‘mother’ was *māter-, which has descendants in virtually all the modern European languages. It was probably based on the syllable ma, suggested by the burbling of a suckling baby, which also lies behind English mama, mamma (and indeed mammal). Amongst its immediate descendants were Latin māter (source of English madrigal, material, maternal, matrimony, matrix, matron, and matter) and Greek métēr (from which English gets metropolis).

In prehistoric Germanic it evolved to *mōthar-, which has differentiated to German mutter, Dutch moeder, Swedish and Danish moder, and English mother.
=> madrigal, mamma, mammal, material, maternal, matrimony, matrix, matron, matter, metropolis

mother (n.1)

Old English modor "female parent," from Proto-Germanic *mothær (cognates: Old Saxon modar, Old Frisian moder, Old Norse moðir, Danish moder, Dutch moeder, Old High German muoter, German Mutter), from PIE *mater- "mother" (cognates: Latin mater, Old Irish mathir, Lithuanian mote, Sanskrit matar-, Greek meter, Old Church Slavonic mati), "[b]ased ultimately on the baby-talk form *mā- (2); with the kinship term suffix *-ter-" [Watkins]. Spelling with -th- dates from early 16c., though that pronunciation is probably older (see father (n.)).

Mother nature first attested c. 1600; mother earth is from 1580s. Mother tongue "one's native language" first attested late 14c. Mother of all ________ 1991, is Gulf War slang, from Saddam Hussein's use in reference to the coming battle; it is an Arabic idiom (as well as an English one), for instance Ayesha, second wife of Muhammad, is known as Mother of Believers. Mother Carey's chickens is late 18c. sailors' nickname for storm petrels, or for snowflakes. Mother lode attested by c. 1882, from mining [1849].

mother (v.)

1540s, "to be the mother of," from mother (n.1). Meaning "to take care of" is from 1863. Related: Mothered; mothering.

mother (n.2)

"a thick substance concreting in liquors; the lees or scum concreted" [Johnson], probably from Middle Dutch modder "filth, dregs," from PIE *meu- (see mud).

mother 英文释义

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 condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation;

"necessity is the mother of invention"

mother 双语例句

1. Mrs Allen's style of cooking owes much to her mother-in-law.

艾伦太太的烹饪风格很大程度上承传于她的婆婆。

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2. Did she usurp his place in his mother's heart?

她取代了他在他母亲心目中的地位吗？

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3. The desire to be a mother may creep up on you unexpectedly.

你会不知不觉地产生想当母亲的渴望。

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4. The mother provides the embryo with nourishment and a place to grow.

母亲为胎儿提供营养和成长的空间。

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5. It is the mother who is expected to reorganize her busy schedule.

应该让母亲来重新安排自己紧张的日程。

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mother 实用场景例句

I want to buy a present for my mother and father.

我想给爸爸妈妈买件礼物。

牛津词典

the relationship between mother and baby

母婴关系

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She's the mother of twins.

她有一对双胞胎。

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a mother of three (= with three children)

三个孩子的妈妈

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an expectant (= pregnant) mother

孕妇

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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。

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the mother chimpanzee caring for her young

照料着幼崽的母猩猩

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I learnt these songs at my mother's knee.

我小时候学过这些歌曲。

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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。

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He was a disturbed child who needed mothering.

他是个心理失常的孩子，需要悉心照顾。

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Stop mothering me!

我不要你的照顾！

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

她坐在母亲床边。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

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Colleen had dreamed of mothering a large family.

科琳曾梦想抚养一群孩子。

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She felt a great need to mother him...

她迫切地感到要细心照料他。

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Stop mothering me.

别再宠我了。

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So you wouldn't consider this to be a normal rescue procedure.

那么这并不符合常规的营救程序,对吗?

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My mother makes a fuss of me every time I come home.

我每次回家,母亲总对我体贴备至.

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We find the mother featured in the son.

我们发现这个儿子很像他母亲.

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Why do you leave all the hard work up to your mother?

你为什么把所有难做的事都留给你母亲?

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Experience is the mother of wisdom.

经验为智慧之母.

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The mother was taken to court for kicking the children around.

那位母亲因虐待孩子被送交法院.

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