mother hen

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A female chicken who bears eggs or chicks. literally
  2. An outspoken and overprotective woman or person dealing with others' affairs; especially, an assertive matriarch. idiomatic
    — Baela sends a letter by raven to her father Daemon spilling all the tea, and the news sends a now-pregnant Rhaenyra into mother-hen mode.
动词 v.
  1. Alternative form of mother-hen. alt-of,alternative
    — Instead, the very "mother henning" implicit in their choice of "nurturance" over "intimacy" was what the they thought uniquely characterized their relationship to their child.

词形变化

mother hens plural mother hens present,singular,third-person mother henning participle,present mother henned participle,past mother henned past
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