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mother

/ˈmʌðɚ/KK

mʌ·ðɚ

練發音
名詞
國小
難度 2 個音節、4 個義項
家庭
countable
also used attributively
變化形
複數

mothers

1.
母親;媽媽
極常用

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。

single mother
mother and child
working mother
become a mother
call one's mother

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
較少用
正式

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。

mother of the family
female ancestor
founding mother

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
常用
正式

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。

mother of invention
mother of all
the mother of modern science
mother city

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
較少用
正式

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 Superior
Mother Teresa
Mother Abbess

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.

相關字詞
parent 上位
maternal 同源詞
Mother's Day 常見搭配
mom 近義
mum 拼法變體
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。

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