mammies

英 [ˈmæmiz]

美

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)
mammy的复数

双语例句

• Robet often visited the colored mammies on the plantation and listened to the ghost stories they told, and the fear was created in his mind of the spirits that walked in the night.
  罗伯特有时会到庄园去听黑保姆讲鬼故事，每当他走夜路时幽灵就会在他的心中引起恐惧。