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

• New mothers have been observed to touch the feet and hands first, then the body, and then the baby's face.
  人们注意到，新妈妈们先摸摸婴儿的手和脚，接着是身体，然后是脸。
• Not only are mothers not paid but also most of their boring or difficult work is unnoticed.
  母亲们不但得不到报酬，而且她们做的那些乏味艰苦的工作常常都不为人所注意。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The expectant mothers that Amy had encountered positively glowed with pride.
  埃米遇见的准妈妈们个个洋溢着自豪和喜悦。
• 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。
• All mothers fear for their children when they first leave home.
  孩子初次出门，母亲总要为之担心。
• Unsupported mothers are one of the fastest-growing groups of welfare claimants.
  无生活依靠的单身母亲是福利救济申领者中人数增长最快的群体之一。
• Many mothers schooled their daughters in the myth of female inferiority
  许多母亲把男尊女卑的错误观念传给了她们的女儿。