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。
• 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。
• Would you like to come back with me till your mammy comes home?
  你妈回来前，你想跟着我吗？
• He knew mammy had never liked his stepfather.
  他知道嬷嬷一向不喜欢他这位继父。
• 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 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。
• Frankie, why don't you ask your mammy?
  弗兰基，你未何不问你妈妈？
• What's a good choice, mammy!
  这是个多好的选择呀，妈咪！
• 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。