mother

母、お母さん

人や動物にとって、女性または雌の親。

やさしい英語で： A female parent of a person or animal.

• My mother lives nearby.
• The kitten stayed close to its mother.
• Her adoptive mother taught her to swim.

類義語： mum, mom

よく使う表現： my mother, mother of someone, single mother

妊婦

まだ生まれていない子をお腹に宿している女性や雌の動物。

やさしい英語で： A woman or female animal that is carrying a baby before birth.

• The mother is six months pregnant.
• Doctors checked the health of the mother and her unborn baby.
• Expectant mothers attended a class about birth.

類義語： mother-to-be, expectant mother

よく使う表現： expectant mother, pregnant mother, mother and fetus

源、生みの親

別のものが生まれたり発展したりする元となるもの。

やさしい英語で： Something from which another thing begins or develops.

• Necessity is the mother of invention.
• He called curiosity the mother of discovery.
• The poet described silence as the mother of wisdom.

使い方： the mother of something (She saw patience as the mother of success.)

類義語： source, origin

よく使う表現： mother of invention, mother of something, mother of arts

母親のように世話する

母親のように優しく世話をする。時には相手が望む以上にかまう。

やさしい英語で： To look after someone like a caring female parent, sometimes more than they want.

• She likes to mother everyone.
• He felt uncomfortable when his sister mothered him.
• Please stop mothering me; I can pack my own bag.

類義語： care for, look after, nurture

反対語： neglect

よく使う表現： mother someone, stop mothering someone