refrigerator mother

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An emotionally frigid mother, who does not exhibit normal care or love for her child or children. dated,derogatory,idiomatic
    — It was not until 1943 that Dr. Leo Kanner, an American pschiatrist, first diagnosed the syndrome in 11 children. . . . Kanner and others once postulated that these children were the products of "refrigerator mothers," women who are overly cold and intellectual.

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