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。

Without good mothering, in the first year of life especially, the capacity to survive is seriously affected.
如果没有母亲的照料，初始的生命特别在第一年的生存能力将受到巨大的影响。
The way she did it, mothering was a full-time job.
照顾孩子于她是一件不得空闲的苦差事。
Colleen had dreamed of mothering a large family.
科琳曾梦想抚养一群孩子。
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。
Princess isn't exactly the mothering kind.
公主不是一个好妈妈。
She says the men she interviews now have wishlists emphasizing personality and mothering skills.
她说，她现在接待的男士在择偶意向中都强调女方的性格&以及相夫教子的能力。
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。
A special cake, called the mothering cake, was often brought along to provide a festive touch.
同时，为了庆祝这一天，人们还常常会带一种特殊的蛋糕（称为“母亲蛋糕”）回家给自己的母亲。
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。
Stop mothering me.
别再宠我了。