mother
/ˈmʌðɚ/KK
mʌ·ðɚ
變化形
mothers
1.
母親;媽媽
女性家長,指生下某人、收養某人,或在日常生活中主要照顧並撫養某人的女性。
用法:作可數名詞。常見搭配為「某人的母親」;在美式日常口語中,「mom」通常比「mother」更自然親切。
My mother picks me up from school when it rains.
下雨時,我媽媽會到學校接我。
We bought my mother a cake for Mother's Day.
母親節時,我們買了一個蛋糕送給媽媽。
還有 3 個進階的意思(國小之後才會學到)
2.
女始祖;母系祖先
家族、族群或事物起源中較早的一位女性祖先。
用法:常與「祖先」、「家族」等概念連用。
She learned that her mother's family started with a woman who came to Taiwan 100 years before now.
她得知母親的家族起源於一位一百年前來到臺灣的女子。
3.
起源;根源;孕育者
比喻產生、引發或孕育某事物的人、地方、事物或力量。
用法:常見於「……之母」的結構;部分搭配已固定化。
My mother can make new things.
我媽媽會做新東西。
4.
修女院院長;女修會成員的尊稱
用在某些基督教女修會成員名前的尊稱,也可指女修院或女修會的領導者。
用法:作頭銜時通常置於姓名前,並大寫。
Mother helps people who do not have much money.
母親幫助沒有很多錢的人。
常見錯誤
I went to the hospital with my mother in yesterday.
I went to the hospital with my mother yesterday.
My mother is a very kind woman mother.
My mother is a very kind woman./She is a very kind mother.
I am mother of two children.
I am the mother of two children./I am a mother of two children.
She is my mother very loves me.
My mother loves me very much./She loves me very much.
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學習提示
・「mother」可指生母、養母或主要撫養孩子的女性家長,實際指涉須看情境。
・在美式英語裡,和家人聊天或提到自己的媽媽時,「mom」比「mother」更常見;「mother」有時會顯得較正式,或用於強調。
・「Mother's Day」中的所有格撇號不可省略。