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

• 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。
• 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。
• The National Childbirth Trust has recently conducted a survey of 1,271 new mothers.
  国家生育信托基金会最近对1,271位新妈妈做了一个调查。
• Young people and nursing mothers are exempted from charges.
  未成年人和哺乳期女性免予起诉。
• Older mothers tend to be too idealistic about the pleasures of motherhood.
  较年长的母亲往往对身为人母的乐趣过于理想化。
• Many mothers and children tumble into poverty after divorce
  很多母亲和孩子在离婚后陷入贫困。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Inevitably those who suffer the most are the mothers and children
  妇女和儿童必然是最遭罪的。