mothers

英 [ˈmʌðəz]

美 [ˈmʌðərz]

n.  母亲; 妈妈; 对女修道院院长的尊称
v.  给以母亲的关爱; 像母亲般地照顾
mother的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-FAMILY 母亲;妈妈
  Yourmotheris the woman who gave birth to you. You can also call someone yourmotherif she brings you up as if she was this woman.
  1. She sat on the edge of her mother's bed...
     她坐在母亲床边。
  2. She's an English teacher and a mother of two children...
     她是英语教师，还是两个孩子的母亲。
  3. Mother and child form a close attachment...
     母子情深。
  4. I'm here, Mother.
     我在这儿呢，妈妈。
• VERB (通常指母亲)照看，抚养，养育
  If a womanmothersa child, she looks after it and brings it up, usually because she is its mother.
  1. Colleen had dreamed of mothering a large family.
     科琳曾梦想抚养一群孩子。
• VERB 爱护;溺爱
  If youmothersomeone, you treat them with great care and affection, as if they were a small child.
  1. She felt a great need to mother him...
     她迫切地感到要细心照料他。
  2. Stop mothering me.
     别再宠我了。

双语例句

• It was the older women and young mothers who sorted all the troublemakers out
  是那些年纪较长的女士和年轻的母亲们教训了所有那些捣蛋鬼。
• All mothers share to some extent in the tension of a wedding
  从某种程度上说，所有的母亲在婚礼上多少都有点紧张。
• All mothers fear for their children when they first leave home.
  孩子初次出门，母亲总要为之担心。
• New mothers have been observed to touch the feet and hands first, then the body, and then the baby's face.
  人们注意到，新妈妈们先摸摸婴儿的手和脚，接着是身体，然后是脸。
• Women who put off having a baby often make the best mothers
  晚育的女性经常会成为最优秀的母亲。
• I have often talked about why we want to be mothers, but none of us can describe the urge exactly.
  我经常谈到我们为什么想做母亲，但没有一个人能准确地描述这种冲动。
• The National Childbirth Trust has recently conducted a survey of 1,271 new mothers.
  国家生育信托基金会最近对1,271位新妈妈做了一个调查。
• Older mothers tend to be too idealistic about the pleasures of motherhood.
  较年长的母亲往往对身为人母的乐趣过于理想化。
• Unsupported mothers are one of the fastest-growing groups of welfare claimants.
  无生活依靠的单身母亲是福利救济申领者中人数增长最快的群体之一。
• The lack of childcare provisions made it difficult for single mothers to get jobs
  由于缺乏保育服务，单身母亲很难找到工作。