Alma mater refers either to a school one attended, or to that school's song.
Alma mater指“母校”或者母校的校歌。
The ancients used alma mater as a title for such goddesses as Ceres, the Roman goddess of the growth of food plants, and Cybele, who was worshipped as the universal mother of gods, humans, and animals.
古代的人用alma mater来指代谷神星(古罗马掌管谷物生长的女神)和希比利神(亦称“众神之母”,是宇宙中一切神、人类和动物之母)。
Matrimony 婚姻
Matrimony joins two people, but that pairing is rooted in one word: mother.
婚姻让两个人走到一起,不过这种联姻源自于一个词:mother(母亲)。
Matrimony comes from mater, Latin for "mother." This reflects the traditional role of marriage in legalizing motherhood – allowing women to produce legitimate children and heirs.
Matrimony也源自于拉丁语中的mater(母亲)一词。这也反应了母系合法化过程中婚姻的传统地位,即婚姻让女人能够繁衍合法的子嗣。
Matter 物质
The fact of the matter is this: the Latin word for "mother," mater, is this word's distant ancestor.
Matter一词怎么会出现在这里?事情是这样的,拉丁语中的mater(母亲)一词是matter一词的远祖。
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