mothering

英 [ˈmʌðərɪŋ]

美 [ˈmʌðərɪŋ]

n.  呵护; 照料
v.  给以母亲的关爱; 像母亲般地照顾
mother的现在分词

现在分词：mothering　

BNC.22445

牛津词典

noun

• 呵护；照料
  the act of caring for and protecting children or other people
  1. an example of good/poor mothering
     良好呵护的范例；照顾不周的例子

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

• During the17th century, England honored mothers on "Mothering Sunday," celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent.
  十七世纪时英国人用“拜望双亲日”来表示对母亲们的尊敬，定于四旬斋的个星期日庆祝。
• What was missing was good mothering.
  还缺少良好的母爱。
• True mothering starts with unconditional love for another person, without demands or expectations.
  真正的“当妈”是无条件对另一个人的爱，没有要求或期待。
• Did I ask your opinion about my mothering skills?
  我有问你管教之道了吗？
• On Mothering Sunday, the servants, who generally lived with their employers, were encouraged to return home and honor their mothers. It was traditional for them to bring a special cake along to celebrate the occasion.
  在省亲节那一天，通常与雇主住在一起的仆人了，被劝说回家和他们的母亲团聚。按照惯例，他们要带一块特殊的蛋糕回家庆祝。
• During the 1600's, England celebrated a day called "Mothering Sunday".
  在公元17世纪，英国出现了一个叫做妈妈的星期天的节日。
• Stop mothering me.
  别再宠我了。
• On mothering day the servants would have the day off.
  母亲节那天，仆人可以请一天假。
• Psychoanalysis, however, has not had an adequate theory of the reproduction of mothering.
  然而，心理分析还没有一个解释母职再生产的完整理论。
• She took to mothering like a duck to water.
  她很快就对母亲这一角色驾轻就熟了。