| 单词 | mother |
| 释义 | mother (once / 14 pages) 1nv 2n 3n A mother is a female parent: mothers nurture and mother children. It's also a term for an elderly woman or mother superior. Your mother is the woman who gave birth to you: mothers are parents, the female equivalent of a father. Besides biological mothers, there are stepmothers and adopted mothers: they all do mothering, which means taking care of children (or, sometimes, being overprotective of children). Oddly enough, a mother is also slimy substance that forms during the fermentation of wine or cider. But in any case, mothers give and sustain life. WORD FAMILYmother: foremother, mothered, motherhood, mothering, motherless, motherlike, motherly, mothers+/foremother: foremothers/motherhood: motherhoods/motherly: motherliness USAGE EXAMPLESI am remembering how my mother lived with breast cancer for 14 years, through two mastectomies and repeated chemotherapy and radiation. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Dear Amy: I appreciated your advice to “Worried Future Mother-in-Law,” whose daughter was marrying a guy whose mother was belligerent when drunk. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) Now it was time to tattle to their mothers. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother) the mother of three children Syn|Ant|Exp|Hypo|Hyper female parent begetter, father, male parent a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father) Blessed Virgin the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics Naomithe mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament ma, mama, mamma, mammy, mom, momma, mommy, mum, mummy informal terms for a mother materan informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously mother-in-lawthe mother of your spouse para I, primipara(obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time puerperaa woman in childbirth or shortly thereafter quadripara(obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of four pregnancies quintipara(obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of five pregnancies supermoman informal term for a mother who can combine childcare and full-time employment surrogate mothera woman who bears a child for a couple where the wife is unable to do so parent a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian 2n a term of address for an elderly woman Hyper old woman a woman who is old 3n a term of address for a mother superior Hyper abbess, mother superior, prioress the superior of a group of nuns 4v care for like a mother Syn|Hyper fuss, overprotect care, give care provide care for 5v make children 2Syn|Hyper beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, get, sire create, make make or cause to be or to become n a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation 3necessity is the mother of invention Hyper inspiration arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity n a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar Hyper barm, yeast a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey |
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