英漢辭典

1. vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
   1. 像母親一樣照管;收養…為子女

2. 2. 成為…的母親,生(孩子);承認自己是(孩子)的母親;聲稱自己是(小說等)的作者



3. n. (名詞 noun)
   1. 母親

   Like mother, like daughter.

   【諺】 有其母必有其女. cf. father 【諺】

   God's Mother =the Mother of God.

4. 2. [口] 後媽,繼母,養母

   God's Mother =the Mother of God.

5. 3. [口] 小孩他媽 【使用說明】丈夫對自己妻子的稱呼

6. 4. 母愛,母性

7. 5. 像母親般保護照管的人

8. 6. 女修道院院長

9. 7. 大娘 尤用於稱呼上了年紀的下層婦女,相當於 Mrs.

10. 8. [美‧俚] 一夥年輕同性戀者中為首的人

11. 9. (雛雞的)養育器

12. 10. [美‧空軍俚] (無人飛機、靶機的)母機

13. 11. [美‧海軍俚] 航空母艦

14. 12. …之母,根源

15. 13. [基督教科學] (作為永久性原理的)母

16. 14. [美‧俚] 娘娘腔的男子,男同性戀者

17. 15. [美‧俗] 卑鄙下賤的人,不要臉的傢伙,混賬東西

18. 16. 極好[有趣,可怕]之事[東西,人]



19. adj. (形容詞 adjective)
    1. 母的,母親的;母親般的;有母系關係的;母國的,本國的

柯林斯英英辭典

n

1. a female who has given birth to offspring

2. (as modifier)

a mother bird

3. [often capital, esp as a term of address] a person's own mother

4. a female substituting in the function of a mother

5. [often capital] [chiefly archaic] a term of address for an old woman

6. motherly qualities, such as maternal affection

it appealed to the mother in her

7. (as modifier)

mother love

8. (in combination)

mothercraft

9. a female or thing that creates, nurtures, protects, etc, something

10. (as modifier)

mother church

mother earth

11. a title given to certain members of female religious orders

mother superior

12. [Christian Science] God as the eternal Principle

13. [modifier] native or innate

mother wit

14. short for motherfucker

vt.

1. [tr] to give birth to or produce

2. to nurture, protect, etc as a mother

3. [Etymology] Old English modor; compare Old Saxon modar, Old High German muotar, Latin mater, Greek meter

n

1. a stringy slime containing various bacteria that forms on the surface of liquids undergoing acetous fermentation. It can be added to wine, cider, etc to promote vinegar formation mother of vinegar

2. [Etymology] C16: perhaps from mother¹, but compare Spanish madre scum, Dutch modder dregs, Middle Low German modder decaying object, mudde sludge