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

• 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。
• Many mothers see their son as a potential protector and provider.
  许多母亲将儿子看成是未来的保护人和赡养人。
• Many daughters assume that their mothers are invulnerable.
  很多女儿都认为她们的母亲无比坚强。
• I had fantasies, as do all mothers, about how life would be when my girls were grown
  和所有母亲一样，我对女儿们长大后的生活怀有幻想。
• 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。
• These mothers often abandoned their children because of fear of scandal.
  这些母亲经常会因为害怕流言蜚语而抛弃自己的孩子。
• We all too easily point out our mothers 'failings.
  我们都太过轻易地指出母亲的缺点。
• Most mothers are insecure about their performance as mothers.
  大多数母亲对自己为人母的表现都不是很自信。
• Mothers may also misread signals and think the baby is crying because he is hungry.
  母亲们也可能误以为宝宝哭是因为肚子饿了。
• 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。