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。
• 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。
• Custom of celebrating Mothering Sunday died out almost completely by the19th century.
  庆祝母亲节的习俗几乎完全消失了19世纪。
• Syler has two children, daughter Casey and son Cole, and she has been forced to make due with her mothering limitations.
  Syle有两个孩子，女儿Casey和儿子Cole，她被迫用自己对孩子的养育限制换来了双侧乳腺切除的权利。
• The English colonists settled in America discontinued the tradition of Mothering Sunday because of lack of time.
  后来，在美国定居的英国殖民者由于缺少时间停止了这项传统。
• He aroused her mothering instincts.
  他激发了她母性的本能。
• It was then called Mothering Sunday.
  它当时被称为妈妈的星期天。
• 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。
• Colleen had dreamed of mothering a large family.
  科琳曾梦想抚养一群孩子。
• Without good mothering, in the first year of life especially, the capacity to survive is seriously affected.
  如果没有母亲的照料，初始的生命特别在第一年的生存能力将受到巨大的影响。