mother
UK ['mʌð.ər] US [-ɚ] noun countable
PARENT 双亲之一
ESSENTIAL
■a female parent 母亲；妈妈•My mother was 21 when she got married.我母亲结婚时21岁。 •All the mothers and fathers had been invited to the end-of-term concert.所有的父母都获邀请参加期末音乐会。 •The little kittens and their mother were all curled up asleep in the same basket.小猫咪和它们的母亲在同一个篮子里蜷曲着睡着了。 •[as form of address] formal or old-fashioned May I borrow your car, Mother?我能借用你的车吗，妈妈？
UK ['mʌð.ər] US [-ɚ] noun countable
SLANG 俚语 US offensive
■motherfucker
UK ['mʌð.ər] US [-ɚ] noun countable
at your mother's knee literary
■If you learned something at your mother's knee, you learned it when you were a child 在小时候•I learned to sew at my mother's knee.我是小时候学会缝纫的。
UK ['mʌð.ər] US [-ɚ] noun countable
the mother of all sth informal
■an extreme example of something …最极端的例子•We got caught in the mother of all storms.我们遇到了最强的暴风雨。
UK ['mʌð.ər] US [-ɚ] verb transitive often disapproving
■to treat a person with great kindness and love and to try to protect them from anything dangerous or difficult 像母亲般照顾；溺爱•Stop mothering her - she's 40 years old and can take care of herself.别再溺爱她了，她已经40岁，可以照顾自己了。 |