mother

单词辨析:

mommy mother mummy 【导航词义:妈妈】
mommy n. [美]妈咪
〔辨析〕

多为儿语,或与孩子讲话时的用语。

〔例证〕

Mommy, can I watch TV for a while?

妈咪,我能看会儿电视吗?

mother n. 母亲,妈妈;母兽,母畜,母禽
〔辨析〕

可用于人,也可用于动物。

〔例证〕

She treated me as her own mother.

她待我就像她的亲妈一样。

She found it interesting that the mother would always feed the smaller chicks first.

她发现这情况很有趣:鸡妈妈总是先喂较小的鸡宝宝。

mummy n. [英]妈咪
〔辨析〕

词义同 mommy,可换用。

〔例证〕

My mummy/mommy always makes cakes for me.

妈咪经常做蛋糕给我吃。

That's what my mummy/mommy said when she found out she was pregnant with me.

那是我妈妈在发现自己怀上我的时候说的话。

相关例句:

Before the wedding, I had a heart-to-heart talk with my mother.

婚礼前,我和母亲好好谈了谈心。

Colleen had dreamed of mothering a large family.

科琳曾梦想抚养一群孩子。

My natural mother has never communicated with me

我的亲生母亲从未和我联系过。

My mother had consequently made her own shrewd deductions about what was going on in my marriage.

我母亲已据此对我的婚姻状况作出了她自己精明的推断。

She felt a great need to mother him

她迫切地感到要细心照料他。

My mother heard of this school through Leslie

我母亲是从莱斯利那里知道这所学校的。