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

• 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。
• 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。
• Princess isn't exactly the mothering kind.
  公主不是一个好妈妈。
• 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。
• During the 1600's, England celebrated a day called "Mothering Sunday".
  在公元17世纪，英国出现了一个叫做妈妈的星期天的节日。
• If an N type person becomes a mother, there is real mothering.
  要成为一个母亲，就是一个真正的母亲。
• It was then called Mothering Sunday.
  它当时被称为妈妈的星期天。
• Did I ask your opinion about my mothering skills?
  我有问你管教之道了吗？
• 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。