mother shipとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• mothership

発音

• IPA: /ˈməðər ʃɪp/

名詞

mother ship (plural mother ships)

1. A vessel, aircraft or spacecraft that serves or carries a smaller vessel or vessels that operate independently from it.
2. (by extension) The main source or supporter of something.
   • 2016 October 16, Jon Boone, “Narendra Modi labels Pakistan 'mothership of terrorism'”, in The Guardian‎:

     “Tragically the mothership of terrorism is a country in India’s neighbourhood,” Modi told a gathering in India of the heads of governments of the Brics countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

3. (chiefly science fiction) The largest vessel, especially a spaceship, in a fleet, from which the fleet is commanded; a flagship.
4. (by extension) The largest and most fearsome example of something.
   • 2015 May 12, Sam Maggs, The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks, Quirk Books, →ISBN, page 114:

     SDCC is the mothership of all cons. It's enormous. It has the best stars.

   • 2021 July 22, Antoine de Bengy Puyvallée, Kristian Bjørkdahl, Do-Gooders at the End of Aid: Scandinavian Humanitarianism in the Twenty-First Century, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 70:

     These vices all feed the mothership of hubris, however, which several of the key characters demonstrate in ample measure.

   • 2024 March 4, Zoe Wood, “Sephora: ‘mothership of modern-day beauty industry’ revels in a retail makeover”, in The Guardian‎:

     Sephora is the “mothership of the modern-day beauty industry”, claims Greg Silverman, global director of brand economics at the marketing consultancy Interbrand.

名詞

mothership (plural motherships)

1. Alternative spelling of mother ship

参考

• mothercraft

語源 2

From 中期英語 modership, equivalent to mother +‎ -ship.

名詞

mothership (uncountable)

1. The state of being a mother.

   Synonym: motherhood

   • 1916, Charles Augustus Shook, The Gist of the Bible: A Complete Handbook for Class and Home Study, page 222:

     How did Solomon decide a question of mothership?

   • 1884, Francis de Sales, chapter XIV, in Henry Benedict McKay, transl., Treatise on the Love of God, page 101:

     but with her mothership she puts on a lion's heart

   • 1913, Susie Colyer Nethersole, Wilsam, page 357:

     At present only the pride of mothership was apparent

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