mothering是什么意思？

mothering

英[ˈmʌðərɪŋ] 美[ˈmʌðərɪŋ]

• n. 省亲，归宁；

例句

• The reality of mothering is frequently very different from the romantic ideal. 养育孩子的现实经常与浪漫的理想大相径庭。
• Naomi's mothering experiences are poignantly described in her fiction. 娜奥米把她当母亲的经历字字辛酸地写进了小说。
• Stop mothering me. 别再宠我了。
• Colleen had dreamed of mothering a large family. 科琳曾梦想抚养一群孩子。
• The way she did it, mothering was a full-time job. 照顾孩子于她是一件不得空闲的苦差事。
• She took to mothering like a duck to water. 她很快就对母亲这一角色驾轻就熟了。
• He aroused her mothering instincts. 他激发了她母性的本能。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-FAMILY
  母亲;妈妈
  Your mother is the woman who gave birth to you. You can also call someone your mother if she brings you up as if she was this woman.
  例句
  She sat on the edge of her mother's bed... 她坐在母亲床边。 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。
• VERB
  (通常指母亲)照看，抚养，养育
  If a woman mothers a child, she looks after it and brings it up, usually because she is its mother.
  例句
  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 you mother someone, you treat them with great care and affection, as if they were a small child.
  例句
  She felt a great need to mother him... 她迫切地感到要细心照料他。 Stop mothering me. 别再宠我了。