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。

Custom of celebrating Mothering Sunday died out almost completely by the19th century.
庆祝母亲节的习俗几乎完全消失了19世纪。
Colleen had dreamed of mothering a large family.
科琳曾梦想抚养一群孩子。
I think, I've unconsciously, chosen people that are emotionally crippled in some way, or who need mothering in some way.
我想我已不自觉地选择了一些感情有缺陷的人，或都需要母爱的人。
Over time the church festival blended with the Mothering Sunday celebration.
这种教堂里的庆祝活动不断与“拜望双亲日”相混合。
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。
There is* nothing to suggest that mothering cannot be shared by several people.
没有这回事说母爱是不可为数人所分享的。
He aroused her mothering instincts.
他激发了她母性的本能。
What was missing was good mothering.
还缺少良好的母爱。
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。