【mother音标】 英[ˈmʌðə(r)] 美[ˈmʌðər]
【单词释义】 mother是什么意思：
n.母亲，妈妈；女修道院院长；大娘
vt.像母亲般地照顾；养育；生下；溺爱
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] mothers [第三人称单数] mothers
[单词现在分词] mothering
[单词过去式] mothered
[单词过去分词] mothered
【关联词/派生词】
motherland n.祖国
motherhood n. [U] 母亲身份，母性
【单词例句】
◇ At one time the little naughty god was wounded by his own arrows and such burning love was awakened in him for the human maiden Psyche that he disregarded the constant interference of his mother and plucked up his courage to beg Zeus for justice.
有一次这位淘气的精灵被自己的箭射中，对人间少女普赛克炽热的爱在他心中复苏，以致于他不顾他母亲的干预,鼓起勇气让宙斯给予公正评判。
---- Eros(Cupid)
◇ When her mother sees the big pumpkin, she is surprised, “Oh, my God! How can you carry it home?”
当她妈妈看到这只大南瓜的时候，很惊讶：“天啊!这么大的南瓜!你是怎么把它带回家来的?”
---- A Clever Panda
◇ After a year the king had to go out into the battlefield, and he left the young queen in the care of his mother, saying, "If she has a child, support her and take good care of her, and immediately send me the news in a letter."
一年以后，国王不得不出征战场。他将年轻的王后托咐给母亲，说：“假如她生了孩子，请好好照顾她，同时尽快把消息告诉我。”
---- The Girl without Hands (II)
◇ This troubled her greatly, and she went to her father and mother and asked them if she indeed had had brothers, and what had happened to them.
她听到这些后非常伤心，就去问自己的父母她是不是有哥哥，他们到底怎么样了。
---- The Seven Ravens
◇ Once upon a time there was an old goat. She had seven little kids, and loved them all, just as a mother loves her children.
从前有只老山羊。它生了七只小山羊，并且像所有母亲爱孩子一样爱它们。
---- The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids
◇ "You don't owe me anything," she replied. "Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a kindness."
年轻女子微笑着回答：“一分钱也不用付。我妈妈教导我，施以爱心，不图回报。”
---- The warmth of a cup of milk
◇ I belong to that classification of people known as wives. I am a Wife. And, not altogether incidentally, I am a mother.
我已为人妻，又作了人母，应该称作妇人了。
---- I Want a Wife
◇ My mother isn't speaking to my father?She hasn't spoken to him in five years,and for that,my father is truly grateful?
母亲不能和父亲说话了。过去的五年中，她从未开口与他说话，然而，父亲仍为此充满感激。
---- To Love Enough
◇ "I actually found that day really hard. I ran myself ragged," laughs Taylor, who is a solo mother. "I hadn't yet programmed that routine into my life. I thought: I don't know when the next one of these is coming, I better get everything done. I don't think I did it well, but heck it was a productive day!"
身为单身母亲的泰勒大笑着说：“事实上，我觉得第三天很难熬。我把自己累坏了。我还没有将这种长周末纳入常规生活。我在想，不知道下一个长周末会是什么时候，所以我最好把一切事情都干完。我觉得自己干得不够好，但这一天还真是非常高效！”
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ On the very day her mother was buried, Karen received the red shoes, and wore them for the first time.
在她的妈妈入葬的那天，她得到了这双红鞋。这是她第一次穿。
---- The Red Shoes