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

• He's my Dady. She's my Mammy.
  他是我的爸爸。她是我的妈妈。
• And Mammy was hardly polite to him.
  而嬷嬷对他却不怎么客气。
• What's a good choice, mammy!
  这是个多好的选择呀，妈咪！
• Mammy had always been wade's mainstay and her frown made him tremble.
  嬷嬷一向是喜欢他并给他撑腰的，现在她一皱眉，韦德就发抖了。
• 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。
• Would you like to come back with me till your mammy comes home?
  你妈回来前，你想跟着我吗？
• With daddy and mammy standing by. don't cry.
  在爸爸和妈妈陪着你时。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。