| 单词 | mother hen |
| 例句 | We ran outside, some of us falling as we crowded through the narrow door and gathered around our teachers for safety and comfort, like chicks around a mother hen. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Okay, I don’t want to sit with all the mother hens inside. You’ll be fine if I stay out here and smoke a few, right?” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z In some ways it had reminded me of a mother hen hovering over her young in a rainstorm. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “There he is,” Cate said, clucking like a proud mother hen. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z For the rest of his life, Terman watched over his charges like a mother hen. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z My mother cared for them like a mother hen cares for her chicks, even though the hawk of war has flown away. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Hangover tending isn’t part of his job description, but he’s a mother hen. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Sibongile was a powerhouse, a strong woman in every sense, big-chested, the mother hen. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Like a mother hen, he gathered up his chicks, sometimes nudging, sometimes snapping, and shooed them out the door. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He also had to manage a large and unpredictable cast, some of whom liked to torture the ultra-prepared Michael Conrad, who played the intimidating mother hen of the precinct, Sgt. Steven Bochco and Others on Creating ‘Hill Street Blues’ 2014-05-01T17:39:39Z Uncle Clifford is a taskmistress, but she minds her dancers less in the way of a madam than a mother hen. All hail Uncle Clifford on "P-Valley," a vision of Black queerness not seen anywhere else on TV 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Presiding over the mayhem, Mr. Charles is both shade-throwing taskmaster and gentle mother hen, guiding his contestants toward sequined self-actualization even as he rates them on the show’s trademark criteria: charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent. For RuPaul, A Second Act with ‘Drag Race’ 2014-02-21T22:38:50Z Don’t accept guidance from anyone who fits the description of “office mother hen.” Carolyn Hax: Disapproving of wife’s alcohol addiction, but unwilling to walk away There is a lovely poetry in its arrival just about a week after the death of Ms. Stewart, the founder of La MaMa Experimental Theater Club and longtime mother hen of Off Off Broadway theater. | 'The Walk Across America for Mother Earth': Protesters Armed With Wigs and Sequins 2011-01-21T03:01:21Z So I’d like to see her as a mother hen in a prison. Alia Shawkat on Going From 'Sassy Teen' to the Lead in Search Party 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z She drops Easter eggs like a benevolent mother hen, arranges elaborate meet-and-greets, and once invited some fans over to her house to listen to her new album while munching on cookies she’d baked for them. Taylor Swift’s ‘All Too Well’ and the Weaponization of Memory 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z It's rhyming and is about a mother hen protecting her chicks from the big bad fox. Six Little Chicks by Jez Alborough - review 2012-10-03T11:00:00Z My friend is worse than a mother hen. My BFF’s family is nuts! 2012-11-08T01:00:00Z Ada, the mother hen of the group, has arranged it so that Marcus and Denise will be largely confined to the group’s overseas offices, while the others will be more actively proselytizing, or “witnessing.” Review: In ‘The Harvest,’ a Crisis of Feeling for Young Evangelicals 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z In these experiments, I might have absorbed some technique, apprehended a writer’s rhythm, imprinting in a sense upon his labored aesthetic like a baby chick upon a mother hen. Dungeons and Dragons: My dorky literary muse 2012-12-08T16:00:00Z She loves playing mother hen to messy, needy chicks. "Real Housewives of NYC" finale: Goodbye, wackadoos! 2010-06-04T13:30:00Z For 14 years, as she advanced at The Observer, she said she avoided his desk and chaperoned interns “like a mother hen crossing a busy road.” A British Reporter Had a Big #MeToo Scoop. Her Editor Killed It. 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z A mother hen who pecked when necessary but more often took everyone under her wing. Column: Making tamales with Gloria Molina and other stories 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z He cast the “mother hen” of Second City, Sue Gillan, as his character’s mentor, and one of his teachers, Claudia Wallace, as a hostile receptionist. Tim Baltz finds comedy in analyzing the struggles of his (finally) streaming show 'Shrink' 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Studies have shown that calves recover faster after dehorning when allowed to return to their social group, and chicks benefit from being near their mother hen after experiencing a mild stressor. Can stress spread like a virus? What animals tell us. 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z Skate center assistant manager Nea Thompson, the facility’s self-proclaimed “mother hen,” said she had watched a lot of the kids grow up at the rink. Prince George’s County waits, watches, goes quiet as curfew begins 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Early in life, chicks utter distress calls—high-pitched, repetitive chirps—to attract the attention of their mother hen, whom they rely on for warmth and food. Artificial intelligence could spot baby chickens in distress 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Her eldest daughter is a “mother hen,” Lori said, her siblings going to Jackson for advice sometimes more often than their mom. Santa Margarita High's Grace Jackson is never too busy to help 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z Gaffer calls me 'mother hen' because I see them as my little chicks. 'You need thick skin to work in men's football' 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z "Well, judge, I am that mother hen, and I plead guilty." My Christmas among the spies. In the Holy Land. In 1974 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z She was a mother hen with a loud laugh, and it was at her house that the whole family would gather every Christmas as she cooked and talked. After months of isolation, a ‘hug room’ lets Italian nursing home residents touch family for the first time 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z And Milagros Abellera, remembered by colleagues as a “mother hen”, was one of the dozens of nurses from the Philippines who succumbed to the virus in the US. Over 1,000 US health workers died of Covid-19. Many were immigrants and minorities 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z “She was a mother hen to our young nurses,” said Kyle Sinclair, CEO of Kindred Hospital San Antonio Central. A 'force of nature' social worker and a nurse who had found his calling: US healthcare workers who died from Covid-19 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z “Medical officers are often seen as the mother hens of the military, and they are often seen as a burden and not listened to.” For American Military, Coronavirus Is an Enemy to Be Fought 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z She asked him if he remembered how mother hens behaved with their chicks after they were born, gathering them under her wings at night to protect them and keep them warm. My Christmas among the spies. In the Holy Land. In 1974 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z Among chickens, mother hens show empathetic distress when they see their chicks experience mild discomfort. Deception in the Animal Kingdom 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Clinton is trying to play that role by being a mother hen to the fledgling activists drawn to politics by their hatred of Trump. Analysis | The Daily 202: Trump’s confusion about Bush’s slogan illustrates his narrow view of the presidency 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Over the decades, Shore had developed a reputation as the comedy world's eccentric mother hen, "equal parts talent scout, employer, lifestyle enabler, landlord and performance critic," The Times said in December. Comedy Store owner Mitzi Shore dead at 87 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Goddard’s closeness to the actors drew suspicion from Barbara Costa, the production’s self-described “mother hen,” hired to care for the boys and girls of its cast. The 'Lost Boys': Hollywood producer Gary Goddard accused of sexual misconduct by 8 former child actors 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Stephen Powers, an engineer who lives in Arlington, plays mother hen to the stones, visiting each one annually to check on its condition. Perspective | The homeless and the hungry will get a boost from this year’s Helping Hand 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z It did remind me of that, and I felt like the mother hen. With 'Patti Cakes,' Cathy Moriarty is still aiming for authenticity 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Nash stars as the owner and mother hen of a Florida nail salon in the comedy-drama debuting Sunday on TNT and Twitter. Niecy Nash finds sisterhood on TNT’s ‘Claws,’ in Hollywood 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z “You remind me of a mother hen,” the patient said with a laugh. His Doctors Were Stumped. Then He Took Over. 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z “She was the mother hen of everything, and she was a teacher,” Hendrix said. After 30 years, Tri-City Dart League still draws a crowd 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z “It was like a mother hen and baby chick. I was always underneath her,” said Castillo, who runs a toy drive and donates the gifts to Hillsides. From miracle baby to Mama Lucy, a life devoted to helping children in need 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Now Murray is playing mother hen of sorts. Evergreen goes vintage: Annapolis antique shop reborn 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z “I’m very mother hen with him,” she said. Woman saves fiance, stepfather with CPR 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Its name translates as “mother hen” and refers to the fact that Sicily is “a mother to all who live here.” L’Avventura of Making Wine on a Volcano 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z For his PhD project in the 1980s, he investigated whether day-old chicks formed social attachments to any object placed in their pen, or if they preferred ones that resembled a mother hen. The big baby experiment 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z God as mother hen protectively gathering her chicks under her wings. Is God a woman? To ask the question is to miss the point | Kate Bottley 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z She looked at the kids in the unit as her kids, saw herself as the mother hen. Sen. John McCain Remembers the Female Vets of the Gulf War 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z “As the medic, you’re like the mother hen. You just want to make sure everybody else is all right. If something happens, you have to work on them.” Hamtramck wins Independence Day weekend observance 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z Under normal circumstances, these birds imprint to the mother hen. Cognitive Chickens and Memorable Sea Slugs 2013-05-15T15:45:00.207Z A former Viacom executive says of Ms. McGrath, “There’s not a quantitative or administration bone in her body, but she was the mother hen in a creative sense.” Philippe Dauman, the Man Who Would Be Redstone 2012-09-22T19:41:48Z And then He thought of all the weary men He would have gathered as a mother hen Gathers her brood under her wings at night. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z Girls with the condition, one theory went, were overlooked because their shyness was tolerated more and "mother hen" friends might shield them from the worst social isolation, as had happened to Kirsten. Navigating love and autism 2011-12-27T01:39:04Z Girls with the condition, one theory went, were overlooked because their shyness was tolerated more and “mother hen” friends might shield them from the worst social isolation, as had happened to Kirsten. Navigating Love and Autism 2011-12-26T05:13:43Z On a farm up in Durham, there were six little chickens who were deserted by the mother hen as soon as they were hatched. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z The mother hen ran about, telling her story to all the coop assembled to see the fun. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z A decade ago, the sidewalks were rolled up at night, recalled Bernard S. Gordon, the village’s mayor from 2003 to 2009, who said he watched over the changes “a bit like a mother hen.” | Westchester: Jacob Burns Film Center Toasts a Decade 2011-09-03T01:36:15Z He hovered over Hall like a mother hen. The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z The girl studied the drifting floes which were gathering about the whaler, like chicks about a mother hen. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z The chickens looked at him sideways, peeping and calling the mother hen. Little Tom 2011-02-02T03:00:21.113Z Even Mrs. Bybee, hovering like a mother hen over David, was good-natured, inclined to reminisce and give advice. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z I oversee it, and I’m the designer,” said Ms. Frank, as she wandered, part director and part mother hen, among the interns. | Long Island: A Medieval Skill Is Nurtured in Gold-Leaf Splendor 2011-01-01T00:01:03Z “One of the four was really unfriendly, and I told her she was the mother hen of the group, and that got her laughing,” Mr. Kim said. Dating Group Offers Tips on Meeting Women 2010-06-07T01:38:00Z The mother hen The more I look, the more I see a widow in mourning rather than a first lady of 11 years standing. No mother hen 2010-05-11T15:19:00Z But their natures had suffered the most extraordinary change, for they had developed not only the habits but the voices of unusually exemplary mother hens. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open Two Mothers and Their Families The old mother hen takes such good care of her little chickens! Stories Pictures Tell Book One And he went at it again with renewed vigor, scattering the sand and gravel behind him, like a mother hen looking for worms. To Alaska for Gold The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon It's a turrible thing when a little mother hen has only one chick, to have that chick turn out a goslin'! The Rosie World There was a mother hen darting through the grass after a fleeing grasshopper, and close behind her was the whole flock save one. The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children In the pastures I often find the apple trees literally brooding seedling cedars which seem to flock beneath the outstretched and low-hanging boughs as chickens huddle beneath the mother hen for protection and warmth. Old Plymouth Trails She wanted to make us feel the love of the mother hen for her little ones as well as that of the other mother for her children. Stories Pictures Tell Book One And as for "Old Nanc" she, redolent with the odors of fresh red paint, loomed above them all exactly like a mother hen keeping a watchful eye on her brood of chicks. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters In such matters the mother hen, no doubt, guides them. Ways of Nature The Sun was a tiny spot of light, holding its little family of tiny planets—a mother hen with her brood. The World Beyond I don't know why he did this but it threw the mother hen into such paroxysms of fear that she dashed herself again and again upon the slats of her house. A Son of the Middle Border It was through this open doorway that the mother hen and her chicks strayed into the house. Stories Pictures Tell Book One It put her in mind of the Mottville mother hens scratching for their chickens. Rose O'Paradise The cat aims to get rid of an annoyance, and the rooster and the mother hen interfere to prevent an injury to members of their family; they exhibit the paternal and maternal instinct of protection. Ways of Nature “If ye don’t look for all the world like a parcel of old mother hens that have just hatched out a brood o’ wild turkeys!” Seven Miles to Arden So, day after day, away sailed the ducklings, and close behind them came the mother hen, now quite at her ease on the back of the friendly goose, watching her gay little brood. Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks How does the mother hen care for her chickens? Stories Pictures Tell Book One The mother hen, anxious, took up her position at a distance and stayed there. Nobody's Girl (En Famille) The convoy of thirty sail of sugar-laden ships were hovering round us like chickens round the mother hen. A Sailor of King George The mother hen went: “Cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck,” and the little chicken ran to her calling: “Cheep, cheep, cheep.” Here and Now Story Book Two- to seven-year-olds She would be with them like a mother hen with a brood of ducks. Hester's Counterpart A Story of Boarding School Life Two of the old hen's chicks must have wandered away, so that at first they did not hear the mother hen's cluck. Stories Pictures Tell Book One They would run under the hover when they wanted warmth or quiet, just as naturally as they would have run under a mother hen. Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls The clan accepted him, and those two had practically become mother hens. Zeta Exchange A Terran Empire story Inside the egg there was a little chicken growing, for the mother hen had sat on it for three weeks. Here and Now Story Book Two- to seven-year-olds The old mother hen sometimes has many little chicks running around her. Light On the Child's Path Is it any wonder the mother hen is anxious, and apt to be cross when we go near her little chicks? Stories Pictures Tell Book One The other little chickens and the mother hen were chosen in a similar manner. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature The thing is, ever since my fight with Nick, she’s been clucking around me like the mother hen. It’s like this, cat And all the little chickens ran to the mother hen calling: “Cheep, cheep, cheep.” Here and Now Story Book Two- to seven-year-olds "One would think, Sandy, that you were a mother hen with a brood of chicks!" laughed Donald's father. The Story of Wool The second in line in turn becomes mother hen. Games and Play for School Morale A Course of Graded Games for School and Community Recreation The mother hen could be seen busily scratching at one end of the garden, while her little chickens were walking aimlessly about. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature Like a great mother hen, and I a chick. The Book of Humorous Verse Blue Bonnet asked rising, all the anxiety of a mother hen for a lost chicken in her attitude. Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's But the mother hen determined, 'a la General Grant,' to set it out on this nest 'if it took all summer!' The Flag Replaced on Sumter A Personal Narrative The mother hen tries to locate them by sound. Games and Play for School Morale A Course of Graded Games for School and Community Recreation It makes me think of old Cockletop, a mother hen we used to have in Parker, which 'dopted everything it could find wandering around loose. The Lilac Lady There were about one hundred of the little things, all like little balls of down, following clucking mother hens all over the place. Fred Fearnot's New Ranch and How He and Terry Managed It And occasionally we saw shadowy inhabited domains—enclosing walls around water and vegetation, with a frowning castle and its brood of mound-shaped little houses like baby chicks clustered around the mother hen. The White Invaders I have neglected to tell you that the mother hen is black, and struts with pompous pride above her white and octoroon subjects. The Flag Replaced on Sumter A Personal Narrative The mother hen, calling softly to her babies, led the little ones to the protecting shelter of some low bushes. Stories of Birds Up to the house came the old mother hen with eleven little, fluffy, yellow balls, almost as round as Bunny's ball, but of course not so big. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on Grandpa's Farm "You ruffle like a protecting mother hen!" laughed Will. The Fifth Wheel A Novel That old mother hen would fly from one limb in a tree to another limb in another tree and call them. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 With a soft swoop like a mother hen, Mrs. Anderson descended upon the boy, who did not dare resist that gentle authority. The Debtor A Novel Some chickens, a lamb and an old mother hen He has stolen to hide away in his den. Animal Children The Friends of the Forest and the Plain When the ducklings are ten or twelve hours old they are moved with the mother hen to coops and safety runs, which are placed in an orchard near the house. The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside When she was, she reminded her children of a mother hen ruffling its feathers. Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance And, of course, the mother hen thinks she has little chickens, for at first she can't tell the little ducks from chickens. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus Treat the mother hens most thoroughly, substituting Pratts Lice Salve for the ointment. Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry He fancied that he was somewhat in the position of a mother hen who sees its foster brood of ducklings take to the water for the first time. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot The arrangement was mutually satisfactory and he kept and fed the chicks until they were able to leave the mother hen—about eight weeks. Outdoor Sports and Games And George, of the Pullmans, is going to watch over you this night as a mother hen might watch over her solitary chick. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers Indeed, the old mother hen was not clucking so loudly now, nor was she rushing up and down on the shore of the pond with her wings all fluffed up. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus And she began to throw them out with her bill, just as the mother hen does, and then one of the new little birdies called out: "Cheep-cheep-chip-chip!" Uncle Wiggily's Travels The mother hen clucked unconcernedly at their feet, and with coaxing guttural sounds called the rest of the chickens to eat a grain. The Brimming Cup Finding it soft and warm, they cuddled up against the flannel cover, and began to chirp as contentedly as if it were a mother hen. Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 16, April 19, 1914 In the farm-yard she caught two or three little chickens, calling them canaries—a mistake the mother hen sought in the most emphatic manner to correct. The Nameless Castle The old mother hen stood on the bank and watched them. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus "How dare you speak so to your brother, girl?" cried Madam, bristling up like an angry mother hen. The Sign of the Red Cross When the last chicken is tagged he becomes fox, and the mother hen chooses another player in her place. My Book of Indoor Games When the chickens were hatched, they all pleased the mother hen but one, and he rushed to the nearest pond, and, in spite of her fret, fuss, fume, and worry, insisted upon plunging in. Quit Your Worrying! The old mother hen would say 'Chick-a-ma, chick-a-ma, craney crow, Went to the well to wash my toe; When I come back my chicken was gone, What time is it, old witch?' Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 And, indeed, the mother hen did seem glad to have her family with her once more. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus They formed a line with the mother hen in front, each clutching fast hold of the others' clothing, with a large active boy at the end of the line. The Chinese Boy and Girl The players are the chickens and all form in a line behind the mother hen, and each one grasping the waist of the one in front. My Book of Indoor Games One time I put some turkey eggs under the mother hen and waited day by day for them to hatch. The University of Hard Knocks He learns that chickies hatch out of eggs and that the eggs have been laid by the mother hen. Your Child: Today and Tomorrow They ran about in the sun, quacking in their baby voices, and the mother hen followed them about, clucking and scratching in the gravel to dig up things for them to eat. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus She was a nervous old thing, but she was a good mother, and good mother hens, good animal mothers, and our own mothers too, never seem to think of themselves when there is danger around. Seven O'Clock Stories The fox tries to tag the last chicken; the line, led by the mother hen, turns and tries to keep between the fox and that chicken. My Book of Indoor Games "Cluck--cluck," said the mother hen, sociably, and she waddled slowly, and picked up the first kernels. The Adventures of Joel Pepper We saw the mother hen with one wing spread right out, and the children were much surprised to see how large it was. The Child under Eight At any rate, there the old mother hen and her little ducks were on the raft, with the two children. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus Sailing about high above a busy flock of them makes one feel like an old mother hen protecting her chicks. Flying for France With the American escadrille at Verdun Choose a player to be fox and another to be the mother hen. My Book of Indoor Games So, like a mother hen with a brood of chickens, she hovered over the veranda meetings, and did everything in her power to keep the group together and happy. Pollyanna Grows Up Having eaten all they could find, the family prepared to depart, the old birds, followed by the mother hens and the mother ducks, in terrible distress and furious anger. Rataplan, a rogue elephant; and other stories The brave mother hen flew at him and came down on his back. Friends and Helpers She had treated the mother hens so kindly that they were tame, and permitted her to throw out the empty shells, and exult over each new-comer into a brief existence. Driven Back to Eden In the slatted box, the mother hen clucked drowsily, and wise cheeps from beneath her wings answered bravely. Mr. Achilles Knee-deep, through clover, to the poplar grove, I waded, where my pets were wont to rove: And there I found the foolish mother hen Brooding her chickens underneath a tree, An easy prey for foxes. Maurine and Other Poems Chickens run to mother hen; Piggy curls up in the pen. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 For example:—On his second day at the Place, he made a furious rush at a neurotic mother hen and her golden convoy of chicks. Further Adventures of Lad The mother hens mean well, but they are so confoundedly silly. He Fell in Love with His Wife The village, half a mile distant, was just visible to Barbara through the trees—red-roofed, compact, the cottages gathering about the church like chickens round the mother hen. The Slowcoach |
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