mother
noun [ C ] uk/ˈmʌð.ər/ us/ˈmʌð.ɚ/
(PARENT)
A1 母亲;妈妈
a female parent
My mother was 21 when she got married. 我母亲结婚时21岁。
All the mothers and fathers had been invited to the end-of-term concert. 所有的父母都被邀请参加期末音乐会。
The little kittens and their mother were all curled up asleep in the same basket. 小猫咪和它们的妈妈在同一个篮子里蜷曲着睡着了。
[ as form of address ] formal or old-fashioned May I borrow your car, Mother? 我能借你的车用用吗，妈妈？
- More examples
- My mother smiled encouragingly at me as I went up on stage.
- His mother's death when he was aged six had a very profound effect on him.
- Like many mothers, she feels torn between her family and her work.
- The supermarket was full of harassed-looking mothers with young children.
- All the mothers and fathers had been invited to the end-of-term concert.
(RELIGIOUS WOMAN)
(also Mother)（对女修道院院长或较高职位修女的称呼）
the title of a woman who is in charge of, or who has a high rank within, a convent (= house of religious women)
Mother Theresa 特雷莎修女
a mother superior 女修道院院长
[ as form of address ] Good morning, Mother. 早上好，院长。
(SLANG)
very offensive mainly US不要脸的家伙，混账东西（同 motherfucker）
→ motherfucker
Idioms
at your mother's kneeidiom literary 在小时候
If you learned something at your mother's knee, you learned it when you were a child.
I learned to sew at my mother's knee. 我是小时候学会缝纫的。
the mother of all somethingidiom informal …最极端的例子
an extreme example of something
We got caught in the mother of all storms. 我们遇到了最强的暴风雨。
mother
verb [ T ] often disapproving uk/ˈmʌð.ər/ us/ˈmʌð.ɚ/
像母亲般照管；溺爱
to treat a person with great kindness and love and to try to protect them from anything dangerous or difficult
Stop mothering her - she's 40 years old and can take care of herself. 别再溺爱她了，她已经40岁了，可以照顾自己了。