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IELTS BNC: 306 COCA: 229

mother

1 mother /ˈmʌðɚ/ noun
plural mothers
1 mother
/ˈmʌðɚ/
noun
plural mothers
Learner's definition of MOTHER
[count] : a female parent母亲;妈妈
see also birth mother, grandmother, queen mother, stepmother, surrogate mother
[count] : a woman who is thought of as being like a mother像妈妈一样的女子
see also den mother
[count] : a woman who invents or begins something(女性)创始人,发起者usually singular通常用单数
[singular] : a cause or origin of something根由;根源
[count] : mother superior used especially as a title or as a form of address(尤用作头衔或称呼)女修道院院长
[singular] informalused to say that something is larger, better, worse, etc., than all other things of the same kind用于指某事物比同类者更大、更好、更坏等
[count] US, offensive : motherfucker

learn (something) at your mother's knee

see 1knee

necessity is the mother of invention

used to say that new ways to do things are found or created when there is a strong and special need for them需要是发明之母

— motherhood

/ˈmʌðɚˌhʊd/ noun [noncount]

— motherless

/ˈmʌðɚləs/ adjective
2 mother /ˈmʌðɚ/ verb
mothers; mothered; mothering
2 mother
/ˈmʌðɚ/
verb
mothers; mothered; mothering
Learner's definition of MOTHER
[+ object]
: to give birth to (a child)生下
: to be or act as mother to (someone) : to care for or protect (someone) like a mother像母亲般呵护

— mothering

/ˈmʌðərɪŋ/ noun [noncount]

— mothering

adjective
IELTS BNC: 306 COCA: 229

mother

1 of 4

noun (1)

moth·​er ˈmə-t͟hər How to pronounce mother (audio)
1
a
: a female parent
She's the mother of three small children.
b(1)
: a woman in authority
specifically : the superior of a religious community of women
Mother Teresa
(2)
: an old or elderly woman
Mother Hubbard
2
: source, origin
necessity is the mother of invention
3
: maternal tenderness or affection
all my mother came into mine eyes and gave me up to tears William Shakespeare
4
[short for motherfucker] sometimes vulgar : motherfucker
5
: something that is an extreme or ultimate example of its kind especially in terms of scale
the mother of all construction projects
the mother of all ocean liners
motherhood noun
motherless adjective
motherlessness noun

mother

2 of 4

adjective

1
a
: of, relating to, or being a mother
b
: bearing the relation of a mother
2
: derived from or as if from one's mother
3
: acting as or providing parental stock
used without reference to sex

mother

3 of 4

verb

mothered; mothering ˈmə-t͟hə-riŋ How to pronounce mother (audio)
ˈmət͟h-riŋ

transitive verb

1
a
: to give birth to
b
: to give rise to : produce
2
: to care for or protect like a mother

mother

4 of 4

noun (2)

Example Sentences

Adjective she often offered to babysit for friends, hoping to satisfy her mother urges until she had children of her own Verb She mothered two sons but no daughters. I hope to mother at least one child.

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1), Adjective, and Verb

Middle English moder, from Old English mōdor; akin to Old High German muoter mother, Latin mater, Greek mētēr, Sanskrit mātṛ

Noun (2)

archaic mother dregs, lees; akin to Middle Dutch moeder dregs

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Adjective

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Noun (2)

1682, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mother was before the 12th century
IELTS BNC: 306 COCA: 229
mother

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + MOTHER ADJECTIVElone, single, unmarried, unwed單身母親;未婚媽媽She felt proud that she had raised four children as a lone mother.她獨自養育了 4 個孩子,為此她感到驕傲。married已婚母親widowed寡母divorced離婚母親lesbian同性戀母親biological, birth, natural, real生身母親;生母surrogate代孕母親adoptive, custodial, foster養母;享有監護權的母親adolescent, teen, teenage, young未成年母親;十幾歲的媽媽;年輕媽媽ageing/aging, elderly, old年邁的母親ailing, sick疾病纏身的/生病的母親He has cared for his sick mother for years.他照顧生病的母親已經好幾年了。dead, deceased, late去世的媽媽;已故的母親dying臨終的母親caring, devoted, excellent, good, loving, wonderful關懷體貼的媽媽;盡心盡責的母親;好母親;慈母;了不起的母親proud自豪的母親the proud mother of the bride新娘自豪的母親doting, overprotective溺愛孩子的母親;過度保護的母親stern嚴厲的母親domineering, overbearing專橫的/霸道的母親abusive暴虐的母親bad, unfit不合格的母親The court decided she was an unfit mother.法庭判定她作為母親沒有盡責。anxious, distraught, frantic, worried焦急的/憂心如焚的/急得發狂的/憂心忡忡的母親Her distraught mother had spent all night waiting by the phone.她母親憂心如焚,在電話旁守了一個晚上。grieving悲傷的母親expectant, pregnant待產婦;準媽媽first-time初為人母的媽媽new新手媽媽full-time, stay-at-home全職媽媽;居家媽媽working職業母親welfare (NAmE) 接受福利救濟的母親low-income低收入母親breastfeeding, nursing哺乳的母親;奶媽beloved, dear親愛的母親his beloved mother他摯愛的母親VERB + MOTHERresemble, take after像母親The boys were like their father, but Louise took after her mother.男孩們長得像父親,但路易絲像她的母親。inherit sth from從母親那裏繼承⋯She inherited the urge to travel from her mother.她繼承了母親愛四處遊歷的天性。

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