mother
US: /ˈməðɝ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
mother /'mʌðə/
- danh từ
- mẹ, mẹ đẻ
- nguồn gốc, nguyên nhân; mẹ ((nghĩa bóng))
- necessity is the mother of invention: có khó mới sinh khôn
- (tôn giáo) mẹ
- Mother Superior
- mẹ trưởng viện, mẹ bề trên
- máy ấp trứng ((cũng) mother artificial mother)
- every mother's son
- tất cả mọi người không trừ một ai
- ngoại động từ
- chăm sóc, nuôi nấng
- sinh ra, đẻ ra ((nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng))
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 a female parent of a child or animal; a person who is acting as a mother to a child: I want to buy a present for my mother and father. + the relationship between mother and baby + She's the mother of twins. + a mother of three (= with three children) + an expectant (= pregnant) mother + She was a wonderful mother to both her natural and adopted children. + the mother chimpanzee caring for her young
2 the title of a woman who is head of a CONVENT (= a community of NUNS)
See also -
Idioms: at your mother's knee when you were very young: I learnt these songs at my mother's knee.
the mother of (all) sth (informal) used to emphasize that sth is very large, unpleasant, important, etc: I got stuck in the mother of all traffic jams.
more at OLD
+ verb [VN] to care for sb/sth because you are their mother, or as if you were their mother: He was a disturbed child who needed mothering. + Stop mothering me!
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 dam, materfamilias, (female) parent, Old-fashioned or Formal or Jocular mater, Formal progenitrix; matriarch, Colloq ma, old lady, old woman, Brit mummy, mum, US mom, mommy, mama, mamma, maw, mammy, mam:
He runs crying to his mother whenever anyone teases him.
2 source, origin, genesis:
Necessity is the mother of invention.
3 nourisher, nurturer, nurse:
Poverty was the mother of anarchy.
adj.
4 native, natural, innate:
She has the mother wit to know better.
v.
5 nurture, nourish, nurse, care for, look after, protect, shelter, watch over, take care of:
She mothered me when I needed her, and I won't desert her now.
6 pamper, baby, coddle, spoil, indulge, fuss over, overprotect:
You mother the child too much.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
lone, single, unmarried
She felt proud that she had raised four children as a lone mother.
| widowed | biological, natural, real | surrogate
(= bearing a child for sb else)
| adoptive, foster, step-
(also
stepmother
)
| teenage, young | elderly, old | dead, deceased, late | good, excellent, loving, wonderful | proud
the proud mother of the bride
| doting, over-protective, possessive | stern, strict | dominant, domineering | bad, unfit
The court decided she was an unfit mother.
| anxious, distraught, frantic
Her distraught mother had spent all night waiting by the phone.
| expectant, pregnant
(also
mother-to-be
(informal)
| first-time | new | full-time | breast-feeding | sick
caring for his sick mother
VERB + MOTHER
resemble, take after
The two boys were like their father in character, but Louise took after her mother.
| inherit sth from
She inherited the urge to travel from her mother.
Concise English dictionary
mothers|mothered|mothering'mʌðə(r)
noun
+a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
+a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar
+a term of address for an elderly woman
+a term of address for a mother superior
+a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation
verb
+care for like a mother
+make children
