及物动词

名词

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1. 母亲;妈妈
Your mother is the woman who gave birth to you. You can also call someone your mother if she brings you up as if she was this woman.

2. (通常指母亲)照看，抚养，养育
If a woman mothers a child, she looks after it and brings it up, usually because she is its mother.

1. a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation

e.g. necessity is the mother of invention

2. a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

e.g. the mother of three children

Synonym: female parent

3. a term of address for a mother superior

4. a term of address for an elderly woman

5. a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria
forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar