1. 母亲;妈妈
Your mother is the woman who gave birth to you. You can also call someone your mother if she brings you up as if she was this woman.
e.g. She sat on the edge of her mother's bed...
她坐在母亲床边。
e.g. She's an English teacher and a mother of two children...
她是英语教师，还是两个孩子的母亲。
2. (通常指母亲)照看，抚养，养育
If a woman mothers a child, she looks after it and brings it up, usually because she is its mother.
e.g. Colleen had dreamed of mothering a large family.
科琳曾梦想抚养一群孩子。