The mother got custody of the children.是什么意思？

The mother got custody of the children.

母亲获得了孩子的监护权。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

mother

n. 母亲，妈妈，女修道院院长，大娘；vt. 像母亲般地照顾，养育，溺爱；

例句
I felt I had adjusted to the idea of being a mother very well...
我感到自己已经完全接受了当妈妈的想法。

got

v. 得到(get的过去式和过去分词)，抓住，说服，受到（惩罚等）；

例句
They said goodbye to him as he got aboard the train at Union Station.
当他在联合火车站登上火车之际，他们向他道别。

custody

n. 监管，拘留，羁押，抚养权，监护权；

例句
He was transferred to FBI custody in a smooth co-operative effort between Egyptian and US authorities...
在埃及当局和美国当局的共同努力下他被顺利移交美国联邦调查局进行羁押。

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

children

n. 孩子们(child的复数)，儿童，膝下，孥；

例句
Their permissiveness toward their children reflects the wild abandon of their own lives.
他们对孩子的放任折射出他们自身生活的放浪形骸。