mammy

英 [ˈmæmi]

美 [ˈmæmi]

n.  妈; 妈妈; 黑人保姆(旧时美国南方各州对照看白人孩子的黑人女子的贬称)

复数：mammies　

BNC.28380 / COCA.26273

牛津词典

noun

• 妈；妈妈
  mother
• 黑人保姆（旧时美国南方各州对照看白人孩子的黑人女子的贬称）
  an offensive word used in the past in the southern states of the US for a black woman who cared for a white family's children

柯林斯词典

• (英国某些地区的方言)妈妈
  In some dialects of English,mammyis used to mean mother.

英英释义

noun

• informal terms for a mother
  Synonym:mamamamammamommommamommymummummy
• an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.

双语例句

• Please, mammy, and I'll sit here till PA comes home.
  劳驾了，嬷嬷，让我坐在这里，等爸爸回家来我再进屋去。
• Hey, you go to school for your mammy.
  喂，你要为妈咪去上学。
• She's my Mammy. She's a nurse.
  她是我的妈妈。她是个护士。
• Rhett, who had listened to the talk, gave mammy the money and patted her arm.
  瑞德听见了那次谈话，他给了嬷嬷路费，并拍了拍她的臂膀。
• Again the tears began to fall but this time mammy did not even wipe them away.
  嬷嬷又开始在流泪，不过这一次她索性不擦了。
• Mammy will be there and aunt melly.
  嬷嬷和媚兰姑姑都在那里。
• What I didn't know was when I shot mammy, what will happen to me.
  我不知道的是如果我对她开枪的话，我会怎么样。
• Mammy threw me out, I'm afraid.
  恐怕妈妈把我赶出来了。
• He's my Dady. She's my Mammy.
  他是我的爸爸。她是我的妈妈。
• Did you see her, mammy? Wasn't she wonderful?
  你看到了？她是不是很了不起吗？