plural mothers
plural mothers
Learner's definition of MOTHER
1
[count] : a female parent母亲;妈妈 -
She became a mother when she was in her 20s.她20多岁就当母亲了。
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She's the mother of three small children.她是三个小孩的母亲。
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She has been like a mother to me.她对我一直就像母亲一样。
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Our dog is the mother of all those puppies.那些小狗全是我们这只母狗生的。
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She has always been close to her mother.她和她母亲一直很亲近。
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an expectant mother [=a woman who is pregnant]孕妇
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She is a single mother. [=a mother who does not have a husband or partner]她是单身母亲。
— see also birth mother, grandmother, queen mother, stepmother, surrogate mother 2
[count] : a woman who is thought of as being like a mother像妈妈一样的女子 — see also den mother 3
a [count] : a woman who invents or begins something(女性)创始人,发起者—
usually singular通常用单数 b [singular] : a cause or origin of something根由;根源 4
[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 5
[singular] informal —
used 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
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
mothers; mothered; mothering
Learner's definition of MOTHER
[+ object]
1
: to give birth to (a child)生下 2
: 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]