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

• My mammy used to love this song when I was just a tiny young girl.
  当我还是个小姑娘时，我妈妈就老爱哼唱这首歌。
• 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。
• The upstairs hall seemed to shake as Mammy's ponderous weight came toward the door.
  当嬷嬷的笨重身躯一步步来到门口时，仿佛楼道都震得颤抖了。
• Would you like to come back with me till your mammy comes home?
  你妈回来前，你想跟着我吗？
• All right, mammy. I'll teach her to ride sidesaddle.
  好的，我就教她骑女用马鞍吧！
• Did you see her, mammy? Wasn't she wonderful?
  你看到了？她是不是很了不起吗？
• Mammy, I want some hot water.
  奶妈，给我弄一点热水。
• He knew mammy had never liked his stepfather.
  他知道嬷嬷一向不喜欢他这位继父。
• 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。
• It was this refusal of food that worried Ellen and mammy more than anything else.
  就是这种拒不吃饭的态度使母亲和嬷嬷急得不行。