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

• 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。
• More like the modern celebration of Mother's Day is England's "Mothering Sunday", also called Mid-Lent Sunday, observed on the fourth Sunday in Lent.
  与现代庆祝母亲节方式更为相似的是英国的“拜望双亲日”，亦称为中-四旬斋星期日，为四旬斋的第四个星期日。
• True mothering starts with unconditional love for another person, without demands or expectations.
  真正的“当妈”是无条件对另一个人的爱，没有要求或期待。
• Interestingly, later on a religious order stretched the holiday to include all mothers, and named it as the Mothering Sunday.
  有趣的是，宗教秩序的改革使得这一节日包括了全体的母亲，并将这一日命名为母亲节。
• She says the men she interviews now have wishlists emphasizing personality and mothering skills.
  她说，她现在接待的男士在择偶意向中都强调女方的性格&以及相夫教子的能力。
• There is* nothing to suggest that mothering cannot be shared by several people.
  没有这回事说母爱是不可为数人所分享的。
• 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。
• Colleen had dreamed of mothering a large family.
  科琳曾梦想抚养一群孩子。
• In Britain, Mother's Day, or Mothering Sunday, falls on a different day each year, because it takes place a few weeks before the festival of Easter.
  在英国，每年的母亲节或是母亲节的礼拜天都在不同的日期，因为它是在复活节前的几个礼拜进行庆祝的。
• Over time the church festival blended with the Mothering Sunday celebration.
  这种教堂里的庆祝活动不断与“拜望双亲日”相混合。