Word · Frequency #306
mothered
像母亲般照料；呵护；养育
mothered is the past of mother.
核心释义
常含温柔关爱，有时也有过度呵护的意味
to care for someone in a kind, protective way, as a mother would; to nurture
- 1.
To give birth to or produce (as its female parent) a child. (Compare father.)
- 2.
To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.
- 3.
To cause to contain mother (“that substance which develops in fermenting alcohol and turns it into vinegar”).
- 4.
To develop mother.
生育；生（孩子）；成为…的母亲；使（酒等）含有醋母；使生醋母；产生醋母；长出醋母；母亲；产生
用法In use
She tends to mother her younger brother even though he is already an adult.
用法提示：动词“mother”表示像母亲一样照顾某人
He always mothers his plants, watering them carefully every day.
用法提示：动词“mother”表示精心照料
The teacher mothers the new students, making sure they feel welcome.
用法提示：动词“mother”表示关怀呵护
mother a child/children
作“生育”讲时是及物动词，直接接 child/children。
She mothered three children.
她生了三个孩子。
mother somebody
此义表示把某人当作孩子一样关爱、呵护。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- mother a child
- 生育并养育孩子
- She mothered three children while finishing her degree.她在完成学位的同时生育并养育了三个孩子。
- mother someone
- 像母亲般照料某人；呵护
- He was homesick and needed someone to mother him.他想家，需要有人像母亲般照顾他。
- mother one's husband
- 把丈夫当孩子一样照顾
- She tends to mother her husband, picking out his clothes for him.她往往把丈夫当孩子一样照顾，连衣服都替他挑。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
- mother tongue
- 母语
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把mother记作“妈妈般的照料”：妈妈(mother)最会mother（呵护）你，动词就是那份爱。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：everyday conversation、close relationships、caregiving situations 作动词表示“像母亲般照料、呵护”时，通常用于日常对话和亲近关系，语气亲切自然；有时也会带一点“过度呵护”的意味。正式写作中更常使用 care for 或 nurture。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
与 mother /ˈmʌðɚ/ 押韵的有 brother、other、another、smother，重读元音均为 /ʌ/，后面都是 /ðɚ/。注意 bother 虽然拼写也含 -other，但读 /ˈbɑːðɚ/，father 读 /ˈfɑːðɚ/，元音不同，都不押韵。
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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