motherless

Word family (noun) mother motherhood mothering (adjective) motherly motherless (verb) mother

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Childrenmotherlessmoth‧er‧less /ˈmʌðələs $ -ðər-/ adjective SSCa motherless child is one whose mother has died → fatherless homes for children who had been left motherlessExamples from the Corpusmotherless• In one shocking instant Tim, 32, had become a widower, and his 23-month-old daughter Sophie motherless.• What was beautiful about the death of a young girl, leaving a motherless child?• With her father frequently away on business trips, the motherless Frankie turns to Berenice for guidance.• That was all it took, and no motherless gal was going to break it up.

单词	motherless
释义	motherless Word family (noun) mother motherhood mothering (adjective) motherly motherless (verb) mother From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Childrenmotherlessmoth‧er‧less /ˈmʌðələs $ -ðər-/ adjective SSCa motherless child is one whose mother has died → fatherless homes for children who had been left motherlessExamples from the Corpusmotherless• In one shocking instant Tim, 32, had become a widower, and his 23-month-old daughter Sophie motherless.• What was beautiful about the death of a young girl, leaving a motherless child?• With her father frequently away on business trips, the motherless Frankie turns to Berenice for guidance.• That was all it took, and no motherless gal was going to break it up.
随便看	in some/many/most etc cases in somebody/something’s favour in somebody’s (infinite) wisdom in somebody’s (own) way in somebody’s care in somebody’s case in somebody’s clutches in somebody’s company in somebody’s diet in somebody’s direction in somebody’s employ in somebody’s estimation in somebody’s experience in somebody’s family in somebody’s favour in somebody’s heyday in somebody’s honour in somebody’s imagination in somebody’s keeping in somebody’s lap in somebody’s life in somebody’s mind in somebody’s name/in the name of somebody in somebody’s own backyard in somebody’s palm