Motherly

(adj.) befitting a mother; warm and nurturing .

手打:谢莉

• I foresee trouble for that girl--perhaps want of motherly care--and I only wish you to be ready to be a friend to her, in case she needs one. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• She seemed to have a certain confidence in Gerald, and to feel a certain motherly mistrust of him. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• She doesn't bounce, but moves quietly, and takes care of a certain little person in a motherly way which delights me. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• There she was, doing all this in a quiet motherly manner as if she were living in Mrs. Blinder's attic with Tom and Emma again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• For motherly eyes are quick to see any change in children's faces. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• With a motherly tenderness the gaunt woman put her arm round her mistress and led her from the room. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Bless you both, my dears, and don't quarrel, said Mrs. Vincy, with motherly cordiality. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Mrs. Whimple, said Herbert, when I told him so, is the best of housewives, and I really do not know what my Clara would do without her motherly help. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Mr. Laurence watches over us like a motherly old hen, as Jo says, and Laurie is very kind and neighborly. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• You--every woman older than herself, must feel for such a simple, innocentgirlish fairy a sort of motherly or elder-sisterly fondness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I never saw Mrs. Yorke so motherly to any young man as she is to you. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Caroline, then, is defective; but with my forming hand and almost motherly care she may improve. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• She came in looking as if bears were after her, said Beth, as she cuddled her sister's feet with a motherly air. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• And _she_ appears so truly goodthere is something so motherly and kind-hearted about her, that it wins upon one directly. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• My Lady, with that motherly touch of the famous ironmaster night, lays her hand upon her dark hair and gently keeps it there. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Well, now, that's onlucky, said the woman, whose motherly sympathies were much aroused; I'm re'lly consarned for ye. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• You will be under the care of a motherly good sort of woman, of whose kindness to you I can have no doubt. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Then he's as good as gold, said the little creature--Oh, in such a motherly, womanly way! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I'm very sorry you were disappointed, dear, but we all did our best to satisfy you, said Mrs. March, in a tone full of motherly regret. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.

校对:马特