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

• 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。
• On mothering day the servants would have the day off.
  母亲节那天，仆人可以请一天假。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Psychoanalysis, however, has not had an adequate theory of the reproduction of mothering.
  然而，心理分析还没有一个解释母职再生产的完整理论。
• 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。
• 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。
• Did I ask your opinion about my mothering skills?
  我有问你管教之道了吗？