| 单词 | tiger mother |
| 释义 | > as lemmastiger mother tiger mother n. a strict or demanding mother; (now) spec. one who pushes her child or children to high levels of achievement, especially by using methods regarded as typical of child-rearing in China and other parts of East Asia.Popularized as a concept in the specific sense by Amy Chua's 2011 memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. ΚΠ 1907 E. Fremantle Comrades Two 237 I spent all last night on my knees, beseeching the Great Physician to..heal my boy... The instinct of the tiger-mother is tearing my heart to pieces.] 1975 S. Bellow Humboldt's Gift 151 She was in her busy mood, domineering and protecting me... ‘Where you're concerned,’ she would say, ‘I'm a tiger-mother and a regular Fury.’ 1998 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 2 May (Good Weekend section) 45 The tiger mother in Danielle decides Clementine must go back to school..in the new term. 2005 New Statesman 9 May 28/2 The ‘tiger mothers’ of Holland Park and Hampstead determined to set their three-year-olds on the path to Oxbridge, whatever the human cost. 2015 G. Tsolidis in F. Mansouri Cultural, Relig. & Polit. Contestations viii. 126 This image of Asian students as over-zealous has been fed most recently by the publicity given to the notion of the ‘Tiger Mother’ after the publication of Chua's book. < as lemmas |
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