mothering

英 [ˈmʌðərɪŋ]

美 [ˈmʌðərɪŋ]

n. 呵护; 照料
v. 给以母亲的关爱; 像母亲般地照顾
mother的现在分词

现在分词：mothering　

BNC.22445

牛津词典

noun

呵护；照料
the act of caring for and protecting children or other people
1. an example of good/poor mothering
  良好呵护的范例；照顾不周的例子

N-FAMILY 母亲;妈妈
Yourmotheris the woman who gave birth to you. You can also call someone yourmotherif she brings you up as if she was this woman.
1. She sat on the edge of her mother's bed...
  她坐在母亲床边。
2. 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。
3. Mother and child form a close attachment...
  母子情深。
4. I'm here, Mother.
  我在这儿呢，妈妈。
VERB (通常指母亲)照看，抚养，养育
If a womanmothersa child, she looks after it and brings it up, usually because she is its mother.
1. 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 youmothersomeone, you treat them with great care and affection, as if they were a small child.
1. She felt a great need to mother him...
  她迫切地感到要细心照料他。
2. Stop mothering me.
  别再宠我了。

Psychoanalysis, however, has not had an adequate theory of the reproduction of mothering.
然而，心理分析还没有一个解释母职再生产的完整理论。
Did I ask your opinion about my mothering skills?
我有问你管教之道了吗？
Princess isn't exactly the mothering kind.
公主不是一个好妈妈。
Colleen had dreamed of mothering a large family.
科琳曾梦想抚养一群孩子。
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。
It was then called Mothering Sunday.
它当时被称为妈妈的星期天。
On Mothering Sunday, the servants, who generally lived with their employers, were encouraged to return home and honor their mothers. It was traditional for them to bring a special cake along to celebrate the occasion.
在省亲节那一天，通常与雇主住在一起的仆人了，被劝说回家和他们的母亲团聚。按照惯例，他们要带一块特殊的蛋糕回家庆祝。
What was missing was good mothering.
还缺少良好的母爱。
Another kind of mothering cake was the simnel cake, a very rich fruitcake.
还有一种母亲节蛋糕为重油水果蛋糕，用大量的水果做成的水果蛋糕。
True mothering starts with unconditional love for another person, without demands or expectations.
真正的“当妈”是无条件对另一个人的爱，没有要求或期待。