| 单词 | mother lode |
| 释义 | mother1 /mudhˈər/noun
ORIGIN: OE mōdor; Du moeder, ON mōthir, Ger Mutter, Ir and Gaelic mathair, L māter, Gr mētēr, Sans mātr mothˈerhood noun The state of being a mother mothˈering noun A rural English custom of visiting the mother church or one's parents on mid-Lent Sunday (Mothering Sunday) mothˈerless adjective Without a mother mothˈerliness noun mothˈerly adjective
mothˈerboard noun A printed circuit board in a computer which holds the principal components, with slots on its buses for the attachment of adapter cards Mother Carey's chicken or Mother Carey's goose noun The storm petrel, or similar bird mother cell noun (biology) A cell that gives rise to others by division, a stem cell mother church noun
mother city noun One from which another was founded as a colony mother country or mothˈerland noun
mothˈercraft noun Knowledge and skill required for the care of a child mother figure noun An older woman who symbolizes for one the qualities and authority of one's mother mothˈerfucker noun (taboo sl, esp US) An extremely objectionable, unpleasant, etc person or thing (sometimes shortened to moth'er, mutha /mudhˈə/ or mō'fō) mothˈerfucking adjective (taboo sl, esp US)
mother hen noun
Mother Hubbard noun A woman's loose flowing gown, named after the heroine of a nursery rhyme mothˈer-in-law noun (pl mothˈers-in-law)
mothˈer-in-law's tongue noun A houseplant with swordlike leaves, Sansevieria mothˈerland see mother country above. mother liquor or mother lye noun Mother water mother lode noun (mining) The main lode of any system mothˈer-naˈked adjective Completely naked, as at birth Mother of God noun The Virgin Mary mother-of-millˈions noun Ivy-leaved toadflax mother-of-pearlˈ noun The nacreous internal layer of the shells in some molluscs (also adjective) mothˈer-of-thousands noun A perennial creeping plant with ivy-shaped leaves mothˈer-right noun (archaic)
Mother's Day noun
mother's help noun A person employed to help a mother with domestic duties, esp the supervision of children mothˈership noun
Mother Shipton /shipˈtən/ noun A type of moth whose wing-markings resemble the profile of an old woman mother's mark or mother spot noun A birthmark mothers' meeting noun A periodical meeting of mothers connected with a church mother's ruin or mothers’ ruin noun (slang) Gin mother superior noun The head of a convent or any community of nuns mother-to-beˈ noun (pl mothers-to-beˈ) A woman who is pregnant, esp with her first child mother tongue noun
mother water noun Residual liquid, still containing certain chemical substances, left after others have been crystallized or precipitated from it mother wit noun
mothˈerwort noun The labiate plant Leonurus cardiaca, or any of several related plants formerly used in the treatment of disorders of the uterus be mother (facetious) To pour the tea every mother's son Every man without exception fits of the mother (obsolete) Hysteria the mother and father (or father and mother) (of) (informal) The biggest, greatest (usu figurative), as in the mother and father of an argument (or all arguments) |
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