- A mother is a female parent: mothers nurture and mother children. It's also a term for an elderly woman or mother superior.
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- n. 母亲；大娘；
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1. That should be his mother.
那大概是他的母亲。
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2. a mother of three children
三个孩子的妈妈
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3. The boy is waiting for his mother.
那个男孩在等他的母亲。
- mother (n.1) Old English modor "female parent," from Proto-Germanic *mothær (source also of Old Saxon modar, Old Frisian moder, Old Norse moðir, Danish moder, Dutch moeder, Old High German muoter, German Mutter), from PIE *mater- "mother" (source also of Latin mater, Old Irish mathir, Lithuanian motė, 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 (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 (v.) 1540s, "to be the mother of," from mother (n.1). Meaning "to take care of" is from 1863. Related: Mothered; mothering.
mother ★ / ˈmʌðə(r) ; NAmE ˈmʌðər / noun , verb mother mothers mothered mothering noun ★ 1 ★ a female parent of a child or animal; a person who is acting as a mother to a child 母亲；妈妈 ◆ I want to buy a present for my mother and father. 我想给爸爸妈妈买件礼物。 ◆ the relationship between mother and baby 母婴关系 ◆ She's the mother of twins. 她有一对双胞胎。 ◆ a mother of three (= with three children) 三个孩子的妈妈 ◆ an expectant (= pregnant)mother 孕妇 ◆ 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。 ◆ the mother chimpanzee caring for her young 照料着幼崽的母猩猩 2 the title of a woman who is head of a convent(= a community of nuns) （对女修道院院长的尊称） ☞see also Mother Superior IDIOMS at your ˌmother's ˈknee when you were very young 小时候；孩提时 ◆ I learnt these songs at my mother's knee. 我小时候学过这些歌曲。 the ˈmother of (all) sth ( informal) used to emphasize that sth is very large, unpleasant, important, etc. 非常大（或讨厌、重要等）的事情 ◆ I got stuck in the mother of all traffic jams. 我被困在一次超级严重的大塞车之中。 ☞more at necessity , old verb mothersb/sth to care for sb/sth because you are their mother, or as if you were their mother 给以母亲的关爱；像母亲般地照顾 ◆ He was a disturbed child who needed mothering. 他是个心理失常的孩子，需要悉心照顾。 ◆ Stop mothering me! 我不要你的照顾！ mother / ˈmʌðə(r) ; NAmE ˈmʌðər /
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