单词详解

1. n.

A. 母亲，妈妈 (a woman who has given birth to a child)

Your mother wouldn't like it if you become too thick with each other.

如果你们来往太亲密，你的母亲会不高兴的。

B. 起源，根由 (a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation)

School is the mother of learning. 学校是知识的源泉。

C. 大娘，大妈 (an address for an elderly woman)

Old Mother Adams next door has lost her cat again. 隔壁亚当斯老大娘的猫又不见了。

2. vt.

像母亲一般地照料 (care for… like a mother)

Mrs. Green mothered the lost children. 格林太太慈母般照料那几个走失的孩子。

相关词组

1. Necessity is the mother of invention. 需要乃发明之母。

2. mother tongue 母语

Chinese is our mother tongue. 汉语是我们的母语。

相关单词

过去式：mothered

过去分词：mothered

现在分词：mothering

复数：mothers