1. C 母亲，妈妈　 a female parent of a child or animal
2. C U 根由，根源　 the cause and origin

　become ～　当母亲
　bring out ～　唤起了母爱
　lose one's ～　失去母亲
　pester ～　纠缠着母亲
　devoted ～　一心为孩子的母亲
　doting ～　溺爱的母亲
　expectant ～　待产妇
　fond ～　慈母
　foster ～　养母
　indulgent ～　宽容的母亲，溺爱子女的母亲
　spiritual ～　精神源泉
　～ of　…的母亲，…的源泉
　～ to the poor　贫民的慈母

　A mother feels tense when her baby is ill.　母亲在小孩生病时会感到紧张。
　She was very sympathetic when my mother died.　她对我母亲的去世深表同情。
　A mother naturally feels protective towards her children.　做母亲的天生要保护自己的孩子。
　His mother had trained him to be a very proper young man.　他的母亲已经把他培养成一个非常得体的年轻人。
　The little boy's mother told him off for his being naughty.　小男孩的母亲因为他淘气把他骂了一顿。
　She is a perfect wife and mother.　她是位贤妻良母。
　The two brothers are so much alike that even their own mother hardly can tell them apart.　这兄弟俩长得如此相像，甚至他们的母亲也很难识别。
　He gets tax relief because he supports his old mother.　他因赡养年迈的母亲而得以减税。
　She is nice to her husband's father and mother.　她对待公婆很贤惠。
　Like mother, like daughter.　有其母必有其女。
　Mother and father are parents.　母亲和父亲即双亲。
　Old Mother Adams next door has lost her cat again.　隔壁亚当斯老大娘的猫又不见了。
　Come along now, Mother, get into the ambulance.　来，大娘，上救护车吧。
　Mother Zhang has gone to Shanghai.　张大妈已到上海去了。
　Can I borrow your car, please, mother?　妈妈，我借用一下你的汽车行吗?
　It brought out the mother in her.　这激发了她的母爱。
　All the mother in her soul awakes.　她灵魂中的所有慈爱都被唤起。
　China was once Japan's spiritual mother.　中国曾经是日本的精神源泉。
　That is a mother bird.　那是一只鸟妈妈。
　Chinese is our mother tongue.　汉语是我们的母语。
　She has been a mother of two.　她是个有两个孩子的妈妈了。
　Failure is the mother of success.　失败是成功之母。
　Necessity is the mother of invention.　需要是发明之母。
　School is the mother of learning.　学校是知识的源泉。

 ♣ First Mother
　国家元首的母亲，第一母亲　mother of principal
　These are the memories of the former First Mother, full of Kennedyianna.　这是前第一母亲的回忆录，书中大量收录了有关肯尼迪的资料。

 ♣ mother country, motherland
　这两个词（组）词义和用法上没有明显的区别，只是前者更常用。

1. 你那么忙，没有时间想起你母亲。
　［误］ You'll be so busy that you won't have time to think of your mother.
　［正］ You'll be so busy that you won't have time to think of mother.
　［析］ 在家里对熟人谈话或写信时，通常不说my mother或your mother，而说mother.
2. 母亲与孩子的关系通常十分密切。
　［误］ There is usually a strong relationship between the mother and child.
　［正］ There is usually a strong relationship between mother and child.
　［析］ mother与child, daughter, father等词连用，通常不加冠词。

　［同义词］ mama, mammy, mum, old lady
　［词源］　古英语modor<德语mutter （母亲）