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

• The lack of childcare provisions made it difficult for single mothers to get jobs
  由于缺乏保育服务，单身母亲很难找到工作。
• 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。
• Inevitably those who suffer the most are the mothers and children
  妇女和儿童必然是最遭罪的。
• Young people and nursing mothers are exempted from charges.
  未成年人和哺乳期女性免予起诉。
• 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。
• Many mothers see their son as a potential protector and provider.
  许多母亲将儿子看成是未来的保护人和赡养人。
• The Minister gave a strong hint that the government were thinking of introducing tax concessions for mothers
  部长明显地暗示政府正在考虑对母亲们实行税收减免。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mothers routinely lay babies on their backs to sleep.
  母亲们一般让婴儿平躺着睡。