n.[C]

1. 母親；媽媽
   She is a mother of five children.

   她是有五個孩子的母親。

2. 起源，根由[the S][（+of）]
   Necessity is the mother of invention.

   需要乃發明之母。

3. （男子對年長婦女的稱呼語）大娘，大媽
4. （常大寫）女修道院院長

vt.

1. 像母親一般地照料；對……過分照顧
   Mrs. Green mothered the lost children.

   格林太太慈母般照料那幾個走失的孩子。

2. 生下；產生出

n.

1. a woman in relation to her child or children.
   ▸a female animal in relation to its offspring.
2. (Mother) (especially as a title or form of address) the head of a female religious community.
3. informal an extreme example or very large specimen:
   the mother of all traffic jams.
4. vulgar slang, chiefly N. Amer. short for motherfucker.

v.

1. bring up (a child) with care and affection.
2. look after kindly and protectively.
3. dated give birth to.