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
- an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.
双语例句
- She had been Ellen's mammy and had come with her from Savannah to the up-country when she married.
她曾经做过爱伦的嬷嬷,后来爱伦结婚时跟着她从萨凡纳来到了内地。 - Mammy used to hold her over my head whenever I was naughty.
以前我只要一淘气,嬷嬷就拿她来警戒我。 - Many are down with cold. She is down with la grippe and so is her cook. Mammy, I'm so glad you are here.
很多人患感冒病倒了。她在患流行性感冒,她家的厨子也病倒了。 - 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。 - What's a good choice, mammy!
这是个多好的选择呀,妈咪! - And Mammy was hardly polite to him.
而嬷嬷对他却不怎么客气。 - Did you see her, mammy? Wasn't she wonderful?
你看到了?她是不是很了不起吗? - You ain't holding that against old Mammy, is you?
你不会因为那个而对一个老奶妈生我气吧? - He's my Dady. She's my Mammy.
他是我的爸爸。她是我的妈妈。 - Take him into the bedroom, Mammy, lay him out on the bed as usual.
奶妈,把他带进卧室去,像往常一样把他放在床上。
