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

• Colleen had dreamed of mothering a large family.
  科琳曾梦想抚养一群孩子。
• What was missing was good mothering.
  还缺少良好的母爱。
• On mothering day the servants would have the day off.
  母亲节那天，仆人可以请一天假。
• 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。
• On Mothering Sunday, the servants, who generally lived with their employers, were encouraged to return home and honor their mothers. It was traditional for them to bring a special cake along to celebrate the occasion.
  在省亲节那一天，通常与雇主住在一起的仆人了，被劝说回家和他们的母亲团聚。按照惯例，他们要带一块特殊的蛋糕回家庆祝。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A special cake, called the mothering cake, was often brought along to provide a festive touch.
  同时，为了庆祝这一天，人们还常常会带一种特殊的蛋糕（称为“母亲蛋糕”）回家给自己的母亲。
• 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。