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mother-in-law

/muhth-er-in-law/US // ˈmʌð ər ɪnˌlɔ //

婆婆,岳母,丈母娘,婆母

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural moth·ers-in-law.

    • : the mother of one's spouse.

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Examples

  • Unless there is a court decision that changes our law, we are OK.

  • Submission is set in a France seven years from now that is dominated by a Muslim president intent on imposing Islamic law.

  • A few days later, Bush replied, “We will uphold the law in Florida.”

  • To those who agreed with him, Bush pledged that the law against same-sex marriage would remain intact.

  • In Israel, however, a new law took effect January 1st that banned the use of underweight models.

  • There was no doubt thought of his own loss in this question: yet there was, one may hope, a germ of solicitude for the mother too.

  • "The Smoker," and "Mother and Daughter," a triptych, are two of her principal pictures.

  • We should have to admit that the new law does little or nothing to relieve such a situation.

  • He that seeketh the law, shall be filled with it: and he that dealeth deceitfully, shall meet with a stumblingblock therein.

  • Now first we shall want our pupil to understand, speak, read and write the mother tongue well.