mother

詳細解釋：

mother

n.（名詞）
A woman who conceives, gives birth to, or raises and nurtures a child.
母親：孕育、生產或撫養和教育小孩的女人
A female parent of an animal.
母獸：動物雙親的雌性一方
A female ancestor.
女性祖先
A woman who holds a position of authority or responsibility similar to that of a mother:
女主管：擁有類似於母親的地位、權勢或責任的女人：
例句：
a den mother.
女管家

Roman Catholic Church
【羅馬天主教】
A mother superior.
女修道院院長
Used as a form of address for such a woman.
用作對女修道院院長的稱呼
A woman who creates, originates, or founds something:
女創始人，女發明人：創造、發明或創建某物的女人：
例句：
.the discovery of radium, which made Marie Curie mother to the Atomic Age.(Alden Whitman)
.鐳的發現使瑪麗·居里成為原子時代之母.(奧爾登·惠特曼)

A creative source; an origin:
根本，源泉：創造性的源頭；起源：
例句：
Philosophy is the mother of the sciences.
哲學為科學的根本

Used as a title for a woman respected for her wisdom and age.
大媽，大娘：對那些因智慧或年老而受人尊敬的女人的稱呼
Maternal love and tenderness:
母性：母愛和溫柔：
例句：
brought out the mother in her.
引發她的母性

Vulgar Slang Something considered extraordinary, as in disagreeableness, size, or intensity.
【粗俗用語】 【俚語】 巨大的事物：被認為很不平常的某物，如在厭惡、尺寸或強度方面
adj.（形容詞）
Relating to or being mother.
母親的：與母親有聯繫的或作為母親的
Characteristic of a mother:
有母親特色的：
例句：
mother love.
母愛

Being the source or origin:
本源的：作為源泉或起源的：
例句：
the mother church.
教會本部

Derived from or as if from one`s mother; native:
本國的：從或似乎從某人的母親處提取的；本土的：
例句：
one`s mother language.
母語

v.tr.（及物動詞）
moth.ered,moth.er.ing,moth.ers
To give birth to; create and produce.
生育；創造和產生
To watch over, nourish, and protect maternally.See Usage Note at father
撫養，保護：母親般地監督、養育和保護參見 father

來源：
Middle English moder, mother
中古英文 moder, mother
from Old English môdor * see m3ter-
源自 古英文 môdor *參見 m3ter-

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mother
mother 2

n.（名詞）
A stringy slime composed of yeast cells and bacteria that forms on the surface of fermenting liquids and is added to wine or cider to start the production of vinegar.
醋母：一種由發酵細胞和形成於發酵期流體表面的細菌組成的黏稠的粘狀物，加於葡萄酒或蘋果酒中以開始酒的生產過程

來源：
Probably alteration influenced by mother
可能為 受 mother的影響
of obsolete Dutch moeder
已廢荷蘭語 moeder的變化
from Middle Dutch
源自 中古荷蘭語
probably from moeder [mother of children] * see m3ter-
可能源自 moeder [孩子們的母親] *參見 m3ter-