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

• Young people and nursing mothers are exempted from charges.
  未成年人和哺乳期女性免予起诉。
• 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。
• 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。
• All mothers share to some extent in the tension of a wedding
  从某种程度上说，所有的母亲在婚礼上多少都有点紧张。
• Many daughters assume that their mothers are invulnerable.
  很多女儿都认为她们的母亲无比坚强。
• He was worried sick about what our mothers would say.
  对于我们双方的母亲会说什么他十分担心。
• We all too easily point out our mothers 'failings.
  我们都太过轻易地指出母亲的缺点。
• 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。
• It was the older women and young mothers who sorted all the troublemakers out
  是那些年纪较长的女士和年轻的母亲们教训了所有那些捣蛋鬼。