Mother

(noun.) a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation; 'necessity is the mother of invention'.

(noun.) a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother); 'the mother of three children'.

(noun.) a term of address for a mother superior.

(noun.) a term of address for an elderly woman.

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

(verb.) care for like a mother; 'She fusses over her husband'.

康妮手打

• Miss Vye's family is a good one on her mother's side; and her father was a romantic wanderer--a sort of Greek Ulysses. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I had settled things with father and mother. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• His mother had died, years before. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• It is curious that my mother, too, ran away from her family, but not for the sake of her husband. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I haven't any sister, or father and mother either. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• There, I found my mother, very pale and with red eyes: into whose arms I ran, and begged her pardon from my suffering soul. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• His mother left the room; then, moved by insupportable regret, I just murmured the words Dr. Bretton. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Like some other mothers, whom I have known in the course of my life, Mrs. Markleham was far more fond of pleasure than her daughter was. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• If those who had bad fathers and mothers were bad themselves, they were hanged for that. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• And say, mothers of America, is this a thing to be defended, sympathized with, passed over in silence? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• They tarried not to bid their fathers and mothers good-bye, or any friend they knew. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I should think every young man would want to go, though it is hard for the mothers and sisters who stay at home, she added sorrowfully. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles? 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Mrs. Ferrars is one of the most affectionate mothers in the world. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Even those of us who regard ourselves as active in mothering the process and alert in detecting its growth are by no means constantly aware of any great change. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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